Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Utilities and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.76%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 4.82% or 0.1700 points to trade at 3.7000 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 2.04% or 0.2950 points to end at 14.7800 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 1.98% or 0.0660 points to 3.3980 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 1.32% or 0.0041 points to trade at 0.3054 in late trade. Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) declined 0.33% or 0.010 points to end at 2.980 and Semapa (LS:SEM) 0.00% or 0.0000 points to 18.0000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 26 to 6 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was up 1.23% or 0.79 to $65.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.93% or 0.57 to hit $61.91 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1355.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.2443, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8859.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 88.84.