Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 2.82%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 7.19% or 0.1120 points to trade at 1.6700 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 6.95% or 0.0116 points to end at 0.1786 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 6.32% or 0.3700 points to 6.2200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which lost 0.99% or 0.080 points to trade at 8.000 in late trade. Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS:RAMA) declined 0.65% or 0.050 points to end at 7.650 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) gained 0.32% or 0.0250 points to 7.8600.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 28 to 5 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 1.98% or 1.11 to $57.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.89% or 0.89 to hit $47.98 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 8.90 to trade at $1285.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1405, while EUR/GBP fell 0.64% to 0.8960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 95.725.