Portugal Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, with gains in the Financials, Industrials, and Telecoms sectors boosting shares.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI rose 0.76%.

Best Performers

• Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA): +3.83% (up 0.11 points to trade at 2.93)
• Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP): +2.04% (up 0.01 points to end at 0.46)
• Semapa (ELI:SEM): +1.60% (up 0.22 points to 14.00)

Worst Performers

• EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR): -1.83% (down 0.18 points to trade at 9.65)
• CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT): -0.95% (down 0.05 points to end at 5.23)
• Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS): -0.79% (down 0.06 points to 7.52)

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 10, with 4 ending unchanged.

Commodities Update

• Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.78%, trading at $73.42 a barrel.
• Crude oil for February rose 0.85% to $70.21 a barrel.
• February Gold Futures fell 0.89% to trade at $2,630.19 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange

• EUR/USD: unchanged at 1.04 (+0.04%)
• EUR/GBP: unchanged at 0.83 (+0.29%)
• US Dollar Index Futures: down 0.01% at 107.88.