Lisbon, Oct. 17, 2025 (Lusa) - The Lisbon stock market was trading in negative territory on Friday morning, with all 16 PSI shares falling, led by BCP and Mota-Engil, which fell 2.84% to €0.74 and 2.75% to €5.66.

At around 09:35 in Lisbon, the PSI, which has 16 companies since 22 September, maintained its opening trend and fell 1.44% to 8,222.64 points, after ending Thursday at a new high since 16 April 2010, of 8,340.83 points.

BCP and Mota-Engil shares were followed by EDP Renováveis and Teixeira Duarte, which also fell by more than 2%, namely 2.60% to €13.46 and 2.31% to €0.76.

More moderately, Jerónimo Martins, CTT and Galp shares fell 0.89% to €17.82, 0.81% to €3.69 and 0.78% to €3.07, all recording losses of more than 1.3%.

Shares in Semapa, NOS and Navigator fell 0.89% to €17.82, 0.81% to €3.69 and 0.78% to €3.07.

In the same trend, Sonae, REN and EDP shares fell 0.73% to €1.37, 0.65% to €3.07 and 0.61% to €4.37 respectively.

The other three stocks were Corticeira Amorim (-0.56% to €7.09), Ibersol (-0.50% to €10.05) and Altri (-0.40% to €4.96).

The main European stock markets opened lower today, on a day when monthly derivatives contracts are due to expire and the eurozone's CPI will be released.

Madrid fell the least, thanks to the rise of BBVA, which opened with a rise of more than 7 % following the failure of BBVA's takeover bid for Sabadell.

In the first moments of the session, BBVA's shares are already up 7.73% to €16.92, while Sabadell's are down 6.39% at €3.025.

New York futures advanced in line with Thursday's close, with losses for the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq.

The price of gold remains unstoppable, recording new highs and trying to break through the $4,400 barrier.

For its part, Brent, the benchmark crude oil for December delivery in Europe, is falling to $60.53, down from $61.91 on Thursday.

The euro was stronger at $1.1702 on the Frankfurt exchange, compared to $1.1677 on Thursday and a new four-year high of $1.1865 on 16 September.

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