Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the gained 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:), which rose 1.53% or 0.05 points to trade at 3.58 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS SA (ELI:) added 1.42% or 0.08 points to end at 5.37 and Nos SGPS SA (ELI:) was up 0.84% or 0.03 points to 3.59 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semapa (ELI:), which fell 0.52% or 0.08 points to trade at 15.16 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (ELI:) declined 0.45% or 0.09 points to end at 18.83 and Sonae SGPS SA (ELI:) was 0.43% or 0.00 points to 0.93.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 1.50% or 1.28 to $83.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.83% or 1.49 to hit $79.81 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 2.08% or 51.10 to trade at $2,405.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.06% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.09% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 104.03.
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