Portugal stocks lower at close of trade; PSI down 0.20%

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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI fell 0.20%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA ), which rose 1.08% or 0.03 points to trade at 2.61 at the close. Meanwhile, Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS ) added 0.54% or 0.04 points to end at 7.50 and Sonae SGPS SA (ELI:YSO ) was up 0.53% or 0.01 points to 0.94 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP ), which fell 0.90% or 0.03 points to trade at 3.42 at the close. The Navigator Company SA (ELI:NVGR ) declined 0.87% or 0.03 points to end at 3.43 and Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS ) was down 0.86% or 0.03 points to 3.46.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 14 to 13 and 2 ended unchanged.

Shares in The Navigator Company SA (ELI:NVGR ) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.87% or 0.03 to 3.43.

Brent oil for February delivery was down 0.55% or 0.40 to $72.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $68.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.74% or 19.79 to trade at $2,684.59 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.04% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 106.03.

Source: Investing.com