Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.59%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banif SA (LISBON:BANIF), which rose 1.56% or 0.0001 points to trade at 0.0065 at the close. Meanwhile, REN (LISBON:RENE) added 0.76% or 0.0205 points to end at 2.7245 and EDP (LISBON:EDP) was up 0.14% or 0.0050 points to 3.5920 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LISBON:PHRA), which fell 2.33% or 0.0085 points to trade at 0.3565 at the close. Impresa SGPS (LISBON:IMPA) declined 2.30% or 0.02 points to end at 0.85 and Galp Energia Nom (LISBON:GALP) was down 2.11% or 0.2250 points to 10.4450.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 51 to 17 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 1.40% or 0.78 to $54.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.87% or 0.42 to hit $48.03 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.83% or 9.10 to trade at $1085.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.0977, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.7078.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 97.39.