Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.56%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 0.94% or 0.1200 points to trade at 12.8900 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 0.37% or 0.0300 points to end at 8.0500 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was up 0.36% or 0.040 points to 11.220 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS:RAMA), which lost 3.50% or 0.350 points to trade at 9.650 in late trade. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 2.34% or 0.4200 points to end at 17.5200 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) shed 2.32% or 0.0190 points to 0.8010.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was up 0.13% or 0.10 to $78.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.71% or 0.49 to hit $69.08 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.79% or 9.50 to trade at $1198.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.1634, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 94.92.