Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 1.12% or 0.0100 points to trade at 0.9060 at the close. EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) added 0.96% or 0.0850 points to end at 8.9300 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 0.90% or 0.0023 points to 0.2574 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which lost 3.06% or 0.3900 points to trade at 12.3700 in late trade. Sonae (LS:YSO) declined 2.28% or 0.0240 points to end at 1.0300 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) shed 1.75% or 0.200 points to 11.220.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 17 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.88% or 1.46 to $79.07 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.02% or 0.75 to hit $74.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.30 to trade at $1255.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.98% to 1.1681, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8849.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.77% at 94.27.