Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Technology , Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI added 0.61% to hit a new 5-year high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI: CTT ), which rose 3.29% or 0.22 points to trade at 6.91 at the close. Meanwhile, Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI: RENE ) added 2.87% or 0.08 points to end at 2.87 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI: JMT ) was up 2.07% or 0.44 points to 21.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ibersol SGPS (ELI: IBS ), which fell 1.32% or 0.12 points to trade at 8.98 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI: BCP ) declined 1.26% or 0.01 points to end at 0.62 and Semapa (ELI: SEM ) was down 1.21% or 0.22 points to 17.98.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 20 to 10.
Brent oil for July delivery was up 1.38% or 0.89 to $65.42 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.56% or 0.96 to hit $62.58 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.28% or 41.15 to trade at $3,185.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.41% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 101.07.