Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 3.04%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco BPI (LISBON:BBPI), which rose 13.69% or 0.1410 points to trade at 1.1710 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil (LISBON:MOTA) added 8.71% or 0.2000 points to end at 2.4970 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LISBON:BCP) was up 5.19% or 0.0040 points to 0.0810 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Impresa SGPS (LISBON:IMPA), which rose 0.63% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.81 at the close. Banif SA (LISBON:BANIF) added 1.54% or 0.0001 points to end at 0.0066 and Portucel (LISBON:PTI) was up 1.55% or 0.0540 points to 3.5440.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 64 to 6 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was up 0.32% or 0.18 to $58.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.15% or 0.08 to hit $52.86 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1159.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.96% to 1.1143, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.7194.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.58% at 96.11.