Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 3.19% or 0.0480 points to trade at 1.5540 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 2.83% or 0.240 points to end at 8.720 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 2.58% or 0.0057 points to 0.2269 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 5.15% or 0.0086 points to trade at 0.1584 in late trade. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 1.54% or 0.2000 points to end at 12.7600 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) shed 1.30% or 0.0380 points to 2.8960.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 15 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 1.02% or 0.54 to $53.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.70% or 0.76 to hit $45.37 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1280.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1434, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.9006.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 96.007.