Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 1.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 3.20% or 0.340 points to trade at 10.980 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 2.39% or 0.1300 points to end at 5.5800 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was up 0.89% or 0.100 points to 11.300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 7.65% or 0.2550 points to trade at 3.0800 in late trade. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 4.06% or 0.6050 points to end at 14.2900 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) shed 2.67% or 0.0060 points to 0.2190.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 13 and 1 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 1.21% or 0.83 to $67.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.72% or 1.09 to hit $62.45 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.50 to trade at $1335.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.2274, while EUR/GBP fell 0.33% to 0.8713.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.30% at 89.85.