Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.85% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 1.00% or 0.0030 points to trade at 0.3040 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) added 0.53% or 0.0290 points to end at 5.5040 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 0.08% or 0.0100 points to 13.1150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Montepio (LS:MPIO), which lost 4.40% or 0.022 points to trade at 0.478 in late trade. Sonae (LS:YSO) declined 2.20% or 0.0210 points to end at 0.9330 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) shed 2.16% or 0.0051 points to 0.2314.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 31 to 8 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for August delivery was up 0.80% or 0.36 to $45.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.73% or 0.31 to hit $43.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.61% or 7.62 to trade at $1257.02 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1197, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8797.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 96.95.