Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO), which rose 1.54% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.9255 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) added 1.15% or 0.0650 points to end at 5.7300 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 0.33% or 0.0006 points to 0.1816 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 3.32% or 0.0080 points to trade at 0.2330 in late trade. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) declined 1.43% or 0.120 points to end at 8.300 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) shed 1.24% or 0.0900 points to 7.1400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 12 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was up 2.40% or 1.46 to $62.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.10% or 1.13 to hit $54.92 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 3.05 to trade at $1322.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.24% to 1.1472, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8763.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 95.220.