Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 1.49%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 1.49% or 0.175 points to trade at 11.925 at the close. Meanwhile, Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 0.73% or 0.105 points to end at 14.405 and Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) was up 0.67% or 0.021 points to 3.170 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 4.67% or 0.0118 points to trade at 0.2411 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 3.06% or 0.0760 points to end at 2.4100 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was down 2.95% or 0.1100 points to 3.6200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 15 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 2.00% or 1.03 to $52.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.43% or 0.70 to hit $49.74 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.74% or 9.38 to trade at $1269.38 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.1747, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8951.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.59% at 93.22.