Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.91%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 0.58% or 0.0800 points to trade at 13.9900 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 0.45% or 0.050 points to end at 11.150 and EDP (LS:EDP) was up 0.41% or 0.0140 points to 3.4200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which lost 2.89% or 0.4800 points to trade at 16.1550 in late trade. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 2.74% or 0.0075 points to end at 0.2665 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) shed 2.50% or 0.0069 points to 0.2693.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 13 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was down 3.50% or 2.76 to $76.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 4.41% or 3.12 to hit $67.59 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1303.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.50% to 1.1660, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8758.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 94.12.