Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 3.59% or 0.0014 points to trade at 0.0404 at the close. Montepio (LS:MPIO) added 1.56% or 0.009 points to end at 0.585 and EDP (LS:EDP) was up 1.25% or 0.0380 points to 3.0760 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which lost 2.48% or 0.3650 points to trade at 14.3800 in late trade. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 2.45% or 0.2800 points to end at 11.1400 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) shed 1.41% or 0.0020 points to 0.1400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 27 to 22 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 1.84% or 0.82 to $45.35 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.69% or 0.73 to hit $43.91 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.16% or 14.50 to trade at $1235.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1227, while EUR/GBP fell 0.96% to 0.7805.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 95.10.