Portugal stocks lower at close of trade; PSI down 0.33%

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Industrials , Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI lost 0.33%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP ), which rose 1.05% or 0.04 points to trade at 4.03 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR ) added 0.72% or 0.11 points to end at 15.38 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT ) was up 0.56% or 0.03 points to 4.46 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA ), which fell 4.57% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.50 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP ) declined 1.58% or 0.01 points to end at 0.40 and Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP ) was down 1.44% or 0.26 points to 17.47.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 13 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged.

Shares in Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA ) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.57% or 0.12 to 2.50.

Brent oil for November delivery was down 2.17% or 1.58 to $71.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.15% or 1.49 to hit $67.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 14.80 to trade at $2,528.30 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 101.20.

Source: Investing.com