Portugal shares lower at close of trade; PSI 20 down 0.24%

Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Basic Materials , Utilities and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.24%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were F.Rama (LS: RAMA ), which rose 0.99% or 0.100 points to trade at 10.200 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS: IBS ) added 0.83% or 0.080 points to end at 9.720 and Nos SGPS SA (LS: NOS ) was up 0.28% or 0.0140 points to 4.9580 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Sonae Capital (LS: SONAC ), which lost 1.58% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.8720 in late trade. Semapa (LS: SEM ) declined 1.55% or 0.3100 points to end at 19.7400 and Sonae (LS: YSO ) shed 1.20% or 0.0120 points to 0.9870.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was up 1.25% or 0.90 to $72.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.27% or 0.85 to hit $67.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1219.40 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 1.11% to 1.1400, while EUR/GBP fell 0.51% to 0.8940.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.80% at 96.22.