Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI up 1.07%

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Consumer Services , Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI added 1.07% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA ), which rose 4.19% or 0.12 points to trade at 2.98 at the close. Meanwhile, Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT ) added 2.86% or 0.53 points to end at 19.03 and Semapa (ELI:SEM ) was up 2.10% or 0.30 points to 14.58 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sonae SGPS SA (ELI:YSO ), which unchanged 0.22% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.91 at the close. The Navigator Company SA (ELI:NVGR ) unchanged 0.11% or 0.00 points to end at 3.51 and Corticeira Amorim (ELI:CORA ) was up 0.25% or 0.02 points to 8.09.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 22 to 7 and 4 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.12% or 0.10 to $81.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.24% or 0.19 to hit $77.66 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 4.21 to trade at $2,755.11 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.18% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.39% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 109.14.

Source: Investing.com