Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.91% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 4.97% or 0.0585 points to trade at 1.2355 at the close. EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) added 1.59% or 0.0910 points to end at 5.8230 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 1.31% or 0.0090 points to 0.6940 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 3.19% or 0.0580 points to trade at 1.7610 in late trade. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 2.98% or 0.0070 points to end at 0.2280 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) shed 2.86% or 0.3400 points to 11.5450.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 37 to 11 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was down 2.55% or 1.17 to $44.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.64% or 1.18 to hit $43.48 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 2.64% or 33.45 to trade at $1232.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.0849, while EUR/GBP fell 0.91% to 0.8601.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 98.97.