Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Utilities and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 1.68% or 0.0300 points to trade at 1.8200 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 1.47% or 0.0940 points to end at 6.5070 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 1.09% or 0.0002 points to 0.0185 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 1.75% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.2240 in late trade. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 0.95% or 0.1150 points to end at 11.9950 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) shed 0.78% or 0.1150 points to 14.6750.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 29 to 18 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was up 3.75% or 1.80 to $49.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.98% or 1.81 to hit $47.31 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.61% or 8.25 to trade at $1340.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.10% to 1.1250, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8461.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 95.06.