Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.23% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 2.00% or 0.0210 points to trade at 1.0710 at the close. EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) added 1.55% or 0.0920 points to end at 6.0360 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 1.38% or 0.2000 points to 14.7400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which lost 2.09% or 0.0160 points to trade at 0.7480 in late trade. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 1.43% or 0.0030 points to end at 0.2070 and EDP (LS:EDP) shed 1.06% or 0.0310 points to 2.8940.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.46% or 0.26 to $56.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.30% or 0.16 to hit $53.61 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.45% or 5.25 to trade at $1152.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.0536, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8540.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 102.29.