Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 1.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LISBON:JMT), which fell 0.10% or 0.0125 points to trade at 12.3275 at the close. Semapa (LISBON:SEM) fell 0.45% or 0.0575 points to end at 12.8525 and Impresa SGPS (LISBON:IMPA) was down 0.58% or 0.01 points to 0.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LISBON:PHRA), which lost 6.90% or 0.0280 points to trade at 0.3780 in late trade. Mota Engil (LISBON:MOTA) declined 3.58% or 0.0845 points to end at 2.2755 and Banco BPI (LISBON:BBPI) shed 3.20% or 0.0445 points to 1.3455.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 61 to 6 on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was down 1.16% or 0.76 to $64.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.04% or 0.63 to hit $60.14 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1179.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1277, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.7250.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.13% at 94.85.