Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which rose 5.24% or 0.2550 points to trade at 5.1200 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 2.05% or 0.0350 points to end at 1.7450 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was up 1.83% or 0.0160 points to 0.8880 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which lost 1.51% or 0.220 points to trade at 14.380 in late trade. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 1.04% or 0.1400 points to end at 13.3800 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) shed 0.83% or 0.083 points to 9.882.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 14 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.14% or 0.07 to $50.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.31% or 0.15 to hit $47.85 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.55 to trade at $1247.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.0805, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8647.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 99.46.