Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 2.15% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 2.99% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.1380 at the close. Meanwhile, Montepio (LS:MPIO) added 0.55% or 0.003 points to end at 0.549 and Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to 1.1120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semapa (LS:SEM), which fell 3.83% or 0.4200 points to trade at 10.5450 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 3.77% or 0.5400 points to end at 13.7700 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was down 3.46% or 0.1030 points to 2.8770.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 33 to 11 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was down 2.37% or 1.23 to $50.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 2.57% or 1.30 to hit $49.26 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.08% or 1.05 to trade at $1273.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1279, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.7871.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 94.44.