Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI 20 up 1.04%

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Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Friday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 1.04%.The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 4.37% or 0.0014 points to trade at 0.0334 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (LS:SEM) added 4.03% or 0.4400 points to end at 11.3450 and Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) was up 2.56% or 0.0260 points to 1.0420 in late trade.The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 7.88% or 0.0160 points to trade at 0.1870 at the close. Impresa SGPS (LS:IMPA) declined 2.45% or 0.0110 points to end at 0.4380 and EDP (LS:EDP) was down 1.81% or 0.0520 points to 2.8230.Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 38 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged.Shares in Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) fell to all time lows; falling 7.88% or 0.0160 to 0.1870.Brent oil for April delivery was up 1.56% or 0.55 to $35.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.06% or 0.35 to hit $33.42 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.36% or 16.90 to trade at $1221.90 a troy ounce.EUR/USD was down 0.85% to 1.0924, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.7877.The US Dollar Index was up 0.76% at 98.18.