Portugal Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, led by gains in the Consumer Services, Industrials, and Utilities sectors.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI gained 0.95%.

Best Performers

• CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT): up 2.34% or 0.10 points to trade at 4.38.
• Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT): added 2.24% or 0.40 points to end at 18.27.
• Altri SGPS SA (ELI:ALSS): up 1.73% or 0.09 points to 5.06 in late trade.

Worst Performers

• Semapa (ELI:SEM): fell 2.30% or 0.34 points to trade at 14.42.
• Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP): unchanged at 0.46.
• Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:RENE): unchanged at 2.30.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 20 to 6, with 5 ending unchanged.

Commodities Update

• Brent oil for January delivery was up 0.95% or 0.69 to $73.50 a barrel.
• Crude oil for December rose 0.97% or 0.67 to $69.93 a barrel.
• December Gold Futures contract rose 0.10% or 2.75 to trade at $2,752.05 a troy ounce.

Currency Update

• EUR/USD was unchanged at 1.09.
• EUR/GBP fell 0.71% to 0.84.
• US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 104.09.