Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI fell 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI were Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:RENE), which rose 2.16% or 0.05 points to trade at 2.37 at the close. Semapa (ELI:SEM) added 1.20% or 0.18 points to end at 15.20 and Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS) was up 0.27% or 0.02 points to 7.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA), which lost 3.48% or 0.13 points to trade at 3.72 in late trade. EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR) declined 1.98% or 0.29 points to end at 14.38 and The Navigator Company SA (ELI:NVGR) shed 1.82% or 0.07 points to 3.67.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 14 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for August delivery was down 0.39% or 0.31 to $79.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.19% or 0.14 to hit $75.41 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.80% or 66.85 to trade at $2,324.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.72% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.23% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.73% at 104.82.