Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which rose 4.26% or 0.1390 points to trade at 3.4000 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) added 0.97% or 0.1650 points to end at 17.1650 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 0.70% or 0.0260 points to 3.7410 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which lost 3.48% or 0.410 points to trade at 11.370 in late trade. REN (LS:RENE) declined 2.24% or 0.0560 points to end at 2.4430 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) shed 1.54% or 0.2550 points to 16.3150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 14 and 1 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was up 1.72% or 1.07 to $63.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.15% or 0.65 to hit $57.34 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.50 to trade at $1249.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1761, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.8780.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.92.