Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LISBON:JMT), which rose 3.93% or 0.4725 points to trade at 12.4975 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil (LISBON:MOTA) added 1.67% or 0.0455 points to end at 2.7705 and Banif SA (LISBON:BANIF) was up 1.56% or 0.0001 points to 0.0064 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semapa (LISBON:SEM), which fell 2.53% or 0.3150 points to trade at 12.1500 at the close. Teixeira Duarte (LISBON:TDSA) declined 1.71% or 0.0100 points to end at 0.5750 and EDP (LISBON:EDP) was down 1.02% or 0.0370 points to 3.5910.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 39 to 24 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 0.42% or 0.23 to $55.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.83% or 0.41 to hit $48.78 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.27% or 3.00 to trade at $1094.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.0987, while EUR/GBP rose 1.20% to 0.7083.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 97.29.