Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were F.Rama (LS:RAMA), which rose 6.32% or 0.600 points to trade at 10.100 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 0.72% or 0.0900 points to end at 12.6700 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 0.55% or 0.0160 points to 2.9060 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 2.20% or 0.0055 points to trade at 0.2440 in late trade. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 1.17% or 0.0410 points to end at 3.4600 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) shed 1.07% or 0.0550 points to 5.0750.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 9 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.22% or 0.91 to $75.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.98% or 0.69 to hit $71.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.40 to trade at $1242.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1671, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8831.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 94.57.