Lisbon Stock Exchange opens higher in line with Europe

The Lisbon Stock Exchange opens this Friday's session up 0.52% to 7,229.55 points.

The main increases go to EDP Renováveis, which rises 1.98% to 9.29 euros, followed by EDP, which appreciates 1.11% to 3.46 euros, and REN, which rises 0.90% to 2.81 euros.

Also in the green are Sonae, CTT, Altri, Ibersol, Banco Comercial Português (BCP), Jerónimo Martins, Galp Energia, and NOS.

Trading in the red is Mota Engil, which fell 1.16% to 4.10 euros, followed by Navigator, which fell 0.23% to 3.51 euros, and Semapa, which fell 0.22% to 18.16 euros.

The sentiment on the main European stock exchanges is one of appreciation, with the exception of the Dutch stock index. The DAX (Germany) rose 0.44%, the CAC 40 (France) rose 0.37%, and the FTSE 100 (United Kingdom) grew 0.48%.

The AEX (Netherlands) is down 0.05%, the IBEX 35 (Spain) is up 0.43%, and the FTSE MIB (Italy) is up 0.33%.

Oil is trading lower with Brent down 0.20% to $64.40 and crude down 0.24% to $61.47.

The euro is up 0.19% against the dollar to $1.12116 and the euro is up 0.04% against the pound to £0.84152.