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 rose 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:), which rose 2.25% or 0.08 points to trade at 3.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae SGPS SA (ELI:) added 1.62% or 0.02 points to end at 0.94 and EDP Renovaveis (ELI:) was up 1.45% or 0.20 points to 13.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galp Energia Nom (ELI:), which fell 0.29% or 0.06 points to trade at 19.07 at the close. Greenvolt Energias Renovaveis SA (ELI:) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 8.30 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:) was up 0.06% or 0.01 points to 16.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 27 to 4 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 2.31% or 1.78 to $79.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.47% or 1.80 to hit $74.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.00% or 25.15 to trade at $2,541.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 100.74.
