Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.35% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 1.46% or 0.0110 points to trade at 0.7640 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) added 1.29% or 0.1700 points to end at 13.3950 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 0.96% or 0.0100 points to 1.0500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 0.94% or 0.0020 points to trade at 0.2100 in late trade. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) declined 0.28% or 0.0180 points to end at 6.4400 and Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) gained 0.09% or 0.0010 points to 1.1280.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 27 to 6 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.30% or 0.17 to $56.79 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.55% or 0.30 to hit $53.76 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 1.41% or 16.05 to trade at $1156.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.0478, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8569.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.46% at 102.76.