Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 1.16% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 7.17% or 0.0903 points to trade at 1.3500 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 6.84% or 0.0130 points to end at 0.2030 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 5.26% or 0.0400 points to 0.8000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EDP (LS:EDP), which lost 0.35% or 0.0100 points to trade at 2.8100 in late trade. Montepio (LS:MPIO) declined 0.23% or 0.001 points to end at 0.429 and Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) shed 0.18% or 0.0020 points to 1.1280.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 30 to 5 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was up 1.30% or 0.69 to $53.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.63% or 0.81 to hit $50.58 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.40% or 4.75 to trade at $1172.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.39% to 1.0605, while EUR/GBP fell 1.00% to 0.8433.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.94% at 101.22.