Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.63% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 4.18% or 0.0150 points to trade at 0.3740 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 3.91% or 0.1680 points to end at 4.4680 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 2.39% or 0.0740 points to 3.1720 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which lost 0.60% or 0.0900 points to trade at 14.9950 in late trade. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 0.13% or 0.0040 points to end at 3.1850 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) 0.00% or 0.0000 points to 0.8710.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 27 to 6 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.56% or 0.32 to $56.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.25% or 0.13 to hit $51.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.63 to trade at $1287.07 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.1803, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8816.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 93.02.