Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 2.76% or 0.0930 points to trade at 3.4590 at the close. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 2.13% or 0.0610 points to end at 2.9240 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 1.87% or 0.0120 points to 0.6540 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 4.32% or 0.0016 points to trade at 0.0354 in late trade. Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) declined 0.72% or 0.0080 points to end at 1.1100 and Montepio (LS:MPIO) shed 0.69% or 0.004 points to 0.576.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 34 to 13 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was up 1.61% or 0.72 to $45.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 2.26% or 0.99 to hit $44.77 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.22% or 2.80 to trade at $1277.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.70% to 1.1406, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.7876.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.49% at 93.73.