Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which rose 1.75% or 0.200 points to trade at 11.650 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) added 0.97% or 0.0460 points to end at 4.7740 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 0.96% or 0.0500 points to 5.2400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which lost 1.74% or 0.2550 points to trade at 14.4150 in late trade. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 1.14% or 0.1750 points to end at 15.1500 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) shed 0.92% or 0.0440 points to 4.7400.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 14 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was up 1.71% or 1.18 to $70.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.91% or 1.23 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.59% or 21.10 to trade at $1348.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.2365, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8737.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 89.02.