Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI up 0.03%

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials , Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI rose 0.03%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Altri SGPS SA (ELI:ALSS ), which rose 2.24% or 0.12 points to trade at 5.24 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA ) added 2.21% or 0.05 points to end at 2.50 and Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP ) was up 1.64% or 0.01 points to 0.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR ), which fell 1.95% or 0.29 points to trade at 14.55 at the close. EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP ) declined 1.47% or 0.06 points to end at 3.90 and Corticeira Amorim (ELI:CORA ) was down 0.57% or 0.05 points to 8.71.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged.

Shares in Corticeira Amorim (ELI:CORA ) fell to 52-week lows; down 0.57% or 0.05 to 8.71.

Brent oil for December delivery was up 1.43% or 1.11 to $78.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.64% or 1.21 to hit $74.92 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 6.30 to trade at $2,672.90 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.51% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.61% at 102.38.

Source: Investing.com