Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.67%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were EDP (LS:EDP), which rose 1.68% or 0.0570 points to trade at 3.4580 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) added 1.13% or 0.0130 points to end at 1.1600 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 0.30% or 0.0500 points to 16.9800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 4.16% or 0.0119 points to trade at 0.2740 in late trade. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 2.34% or 0.0850 points to end at 3.5500 and Semapa (LS:SEM) shed 1.92% or 0.4000 points to 20.4000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was down 0.35% or 0.28 to $79.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.38% or 0.27 to hit $71.22 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1291.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1787, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.47.