Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 4.40% or 0.7300 points to trade at 17.3050 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) added 2.87% or 0.0340 points to end at 1.2170 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was up 1.26% or 0.150 points to 12.050 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which lost 9.25% or 0.3560 points to trade at 3.4940 in late trade. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 3.88% or 0.420 points to end at 10.400 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) shed 1.63% or 0.0049 points to 0.2959.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.23% or 0.16 to $69.42 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.27% or 0.17 to hit $63.97 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.72% or 9.50 to trade at $1332.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.83% to 1.2132, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8862.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 91.06.