Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.37% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 1.77% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.2300 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 1.55% or 0.2600 points to end at 17.0850 and EDP (LS:EDP) was up 1.40% or 0.0450 points to 3.2550 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which lost 2.85% or 0.340 points to trade at 11.605 in late trade. Montepio (LS:MPIO) declined 2.14% or 0.009 points to end at 0.411 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) shed 1.39% or 0.0610 points to 4.3290.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 19 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was up 1.03% or 0.50 to $48.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.21% or 0.55 to hit $46.07 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.87 to trade at $1229.47 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.0989, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8481.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 98.54.