Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 1.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which rose 5.36% or 0.2640 points to trade at 5.1900 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 5.13% or 0.4200 points to end at 8.6100 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 3.16% or 0.0900 points to 2.9400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which lost 0.70% or 0.080 points to trade at 11.280 in late trade. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) declined 0.41% or 0.050 points to end at 12.000 and REN (LS:RENE) shed 0.26% or 0.0060 points to 2.3420.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 7 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for August delivery was up 2.31% or 1.69 to $74.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 4.78% or 3.13 to hit $68.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1271.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1649, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 94.28.