Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.31% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 7.13% or 0.0700 points to trade at 1.0520 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 2.83% or 0.1000 points to end at 3.6380 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was up 1.57% or 0.0190 points to 1.2290 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which lost 0.57% or 0.060 points to trade at 10.440 in late trade. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 0.54% or 0.0300 points to end at 5.5350 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) shed 0.51% or 0.0900 points to 17.5600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 25 to 11 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.97% or 0.67 to $68.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.95% or 0.61 to hit $63.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 7.00 to trade at $1334.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.2235, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.8827.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 90.37.