Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI gained 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA), which rose 2.25% or 0.08 points to trade at 3.45 at the close. Sonae SGPS SA (ELI:YSO) added 1.62% or 0.02 points to end at 0.94 and EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR) was up 1.45% or 0.20 points to 13.98 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP), which lost 0.29% or 0.06 points to trade at 19.07 in late trade. Greenvolt Energias Renovaveis SA (ELI:GVOLT) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 8.30 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) gained 0.06% or 0.01 points to 16.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 27 to 4 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was up 2.32% or 1.79 to $79.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.49% or 1.82 to hit $74.83 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.00% or 25.05 to trade at $2,541.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 100.74.