LISBON: Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Friday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares lower. At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Montepio (LS:MPIO), which rose 9.49% or 0.039 points to trade at 0.450 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 4.08% or 0.0140 points to end at 0.3570 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 2.40% or 0.0170 points to 0.7250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 1.87% or 0.0028 points to trade at 0.1467 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 1.47% or 0.2250 points to end at 15.1050 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was down 1.21% or 0.118 points to 9.650.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 20 to 15 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was down 0.65% or 0.37 to $56.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.61% or 0.33 to hit $54.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.55% or 6.85 to trade at $1258.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.0580, while EUR/GBP rose 0.65% to 0.8482.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 100.97.
