Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.39%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 3.44% or 0.1220 points to trade at 3.6720 at the close. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 2.52% or 0.0720 points to end at 2.9260 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 2.00% or 0.0140 points to 0.7150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which lost 1.51% or 0.0840 points to trade at 5.4710 in late trade. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 0.86% or 0.1100 points to end at 12.6400 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) shed 0.55% or 0.0010 points to 0.1810.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 29 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was down 3.20% or 1.57 to $47.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.38% or 1.62 to hit $46.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.77% or 9.15 to trade at $1180.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.42% to 1.0598, while EUR/GBP rose 0.29% to 0.8504.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 101.51.