Lisbon, Aug. 1, 2025 (Lusa) - The Lisbon stock market closed lower on Friday, with the PSI index falling 1.10% to 7,626.71 points, with retailer Jerónimo Martins standing out with a 4.02% drop.

Of the 15 companies listed on the benchmark PSI (Portuguese Stock Index), nine fell, five rose and Corticeira Amorim remained unchanged at €7.70.

Leading the declines was Jerónimo Martins, which lost 4.02% to €20.54, after announcing today that its profit grew 6.6% in the first half of the year, compared to the same period last year, to €269 million.

Between January and June, sales rose 6.7% to €17.396 billion (+6% at constant exchange rates) and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) grew 10.3% to €1.148 billion (+9% at constant exchange rates).

Also noteworthy in today's session were Galp, which fell 2.33% to €16.33, BCP, which fell 1.61% to €0.71, CTT, which fell 1.22% to €7.31, Mota-Engil, which fell 1.20% to €4.44, and EDP, which fell 1.16% to €3.74.

With declines of less than 1% were REN (€2.96), Sonae SGPS (€1.26) and Navigator (€3.10).

Going in the opposite direction, Semapa led the gains, rising 1.98% to €17.50, followed by Ibersol, which rose 1.07% to €9.46.

Gains of less than 1% were recorded by NOS (€3.65), Altri (€4.81) and EDP Renováveis (€10.34).

In the rest of Europe, Paris fell 2.91%, Frankfurt 2.66%, Madrid 1.88% and London 0.70%.

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