Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI up 1.04%

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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI rose 1.04%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP ), which rose 3.51% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.43 at the close. Meanwhile, CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT ) added 2.49% or 0.11 points to end at 4.32 and The Navigator Company SA (ELI:NVGR ) was up 1.81% or 0.07 points to 3.82 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Sonae SGPS SA (ELI:YSO ), which fell 0.84% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.95 at the close. Semapa (ELI:SEM ) declined 0.13% or 0.02 points to end at 14.98 and Altri SGPS SA (ELI:ALSS ) was down 0.10% or 0.01 points to 5.15.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 7 and 8 ended unchanged.

Shares in Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP ) rose to 5-year highs; rising 3.51% or 0.01 to 0.43.

Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.64% or 0.51 to $78.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.74% or 0.56 to hit $75.29 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.43% or 37.65 to trade at $2,676.95 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 102.67.

Source: Investing.com