Lisbon, June 26, 2026 (Lusa) - The Lisbon stock market was trading slightly higher on Friday, with REN and Jerónimo Martins leading the gains, rising by 0.80% to €3.77 and 0.75% to €17.52, respectively.
At around 09:25 in Lisbon, the PSI was up 0.09% at 9,165.26 points, with nine companies rising, three falling and four unchanged (Altri at €4.88, Corticeira Amorim at €6.40, Ibersol at €9.88 and Mota-Engil at €4.78).
REN and Jerónimo Martins shares were followed by those of Sonae, Teixeira Duarte and NOS, which rose by 0.73% to €2.07, 0.36% to €0.55 and 0.29% to €5.22, respectively.
CTT and EDP rose by 0.25% to €5.93 and 0.24% to €4.52, respectively.
The other two companies seeing gains were Navigator (up 0.24% to €4.52) and EDP Renováveis (up 0.15% to €13.69).
Conversely, BCP, Galp and Semapa fell by 0.63 per cent to €1.02, 0.38 per cent to €18.34 and 0.23 per cent to €21.45, respectively.
Across Europe, the main stock markets opened lower today, dragged down by falls in Asia due to persistent mistrust in the technology sector and disagreements between Tehran and Washington over the agreement, particularly regarding the nuclear programme and the Strait of Hormuz.
Following Thursday’s announcement that the US PCE (inflation) index had exceeded 4% for the first time in three years – standing at 4.1% – Dow Jones futures are up 0.10% whilst Nasdaq futures are down 0.77%.
Apple shares fell by 6.15% on Thursday after the company announced a price increase for several of its products due to the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) data centres, which have led to “an extraordinary increase in demand for memory and storage”, as the company explained in a statement.
In addition to concerns about the technology sector, the market is closely watching developments in the Middle East.
Iran insisted today that ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz must follow the routes established by the Islamic Republic, after a cargo ship was attacked on Thursday in the strategic strait off the coast of Oman by a projectile of unknown origin.
Despite this, oil prices remain low, with Brent crude – the European benchmark – for August delivery falling 2.33% to $73.51.
In Asia, the main index on the Seoul stock exchange fell by 5.81% today, under pressure from profit-taking in semiconductor shares; the Nikkei index in Tokyo fell by 4.15%; the Shanghai Stock Exchange lost 2.26 per cent, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange fell by 3.44%, and the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index was down 1.83% shortly before the close of trading.
The euro was weaker, down 0.09% to $1.1379 on the Frankfurt foreign exchange market.
Precious metals were on the rise, with gold up 0.26% to $4,037.33 an ounce and silver up 0.37% to $58.0708.
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