Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.76% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 2.97% or 0.2000 points to trade at 6.9300 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 2.67% or 0.0460 points to end at 1.7700 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was up 2.62% or 0.220 points to 8.620 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 0.41% or 0.0010 points to trade at 0.2427 in late trade. EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) added 0.19% or 0.0150 points to end at 7.9500 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) gained 0.23% or 0.0020 points to 0.8660.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 25 to 4 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 2.12% or 1.30 to $62.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.90% or 1.51 to hit $53.58 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.76% or 9.85 to trade at $1282.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1358, while EUR/GBP rose 0.52% to 0.8817.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 96.037.