Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.11% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 6.22% or 0.0125 points to trade at 0.2135 at the close. F.Rama (LS:RAMA) added 3.23% or 0.400 points to end at 12.800 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 1.90% or 0.1100 points to 5.9000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which lost 0.99% or 0.1600 points to trade at 15.9500 in late trade. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 0.97% or 0.1800 points to end at 18.4400 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) shed 0.70% or 0.080 points to 11.300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 12 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.16% or 0.12 to $73.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.18% or 0.12 to hit $68.17 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 9.30 to trade at $1339.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.44% to 1.2292, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8758.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 90.02.