Portugal shares higher at close of trade; PSI 20 up 0.18%

Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials , Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.18%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS: SONAC ), which rose 2.84% or 0.0220 points to trade at 0.7970 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS: NOS ) added 2.24% or 0.1200 points to end at 5.4850 and Mota Engil (LS: MOTA ) was up 1.19% or 0.0200 points to 1.7020 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS: PHRA ), which lost 2.12% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.1850 in late trade. The Navigator Company SA (LS: NVGR ) declined 2.01% or 0.0760 points to end at 3.7040 and Semapa (LS: SEM ) shed 1.13% or 0.1600 points to 13.9600.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 15 to 14 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 0.53% or 0.32 to $59.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.45% or 0.23 to hit $51.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 3.80 to trade at $1226.60 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.1316, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8869.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 97.150.