Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 3.07% or 0.1050 points to trade at 3.5250 at the close. EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) added 1.00% or 0.0800 points to end at 8.1000 and EDP (LS:EDP) was up 0.79% or 0.0250 points to 3.1760 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which lost 2.10% or 0.3400 points to trade at 15.8350 in late trade. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) declined 1.30% or 0.150 points to end at 11.350 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) shed 0.81% or 0.0016 points to 0.1962.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.97% or 0.70 to $72.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.64% or 0.43 to hit $67.50 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 7.30 to trade at $1349.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.2336, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8653.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 89.46.