Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 1.02%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Montepio (LS:MPIO), which rose 5.72% or 0.025 points to trade at 0.462 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 2.01% or 0.0150 points to end at 0.7630 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 1.34% or 0.0021 points to 0.1590 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP (LS:EDP), which fell 3.70% or 0.1080 points to trade at 2.8100 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 3.35% or 0.1860 points to end at 5.3640 and REN (LS:RENE) was down 1.57% or 0.0420 points to 2.6350.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 16 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for May delivery was up 1.00% or 0.55 to $55.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.10% or 0.58 to hit $53.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.51% or 6.25 to trade at $1226.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.49% to 1.0558, while EUR/GBP rose 0.60% to 0.8618.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 101.88.