Portugal stocks lower at close of trade; PSI down 0.62%

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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI declined 0.62%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Semapa (ELI:SEM ), which rose 0.82% or 0.12 points to trade at 14.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS ) added 0.55% or 0.04 points to end at 7.26 and Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP ) was unchanged 0.09% or 0.00 points to 0.43 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA ), which fell 2.27% or 0.06 points to trade at 2.59 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP ) declined 1.66% or 0.28 points to end at 16.55 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT ) was down 1.45% or 0.25 points to 16.95.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 6 and 6 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.76% or 1.31 to $73.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.84% or 1.30 to hit $69.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.92% or 24.95 to trade at $2,732.45 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.12% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 103.39.

Source: Investing.com