Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.52%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 3.97% or 0.0050 points to trade at 0.1310 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) added 2.06% or 0.0600 points to end at 2.9700 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 1.40% or 0.2000 points to 14.5300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 2.12% or 0.0007 points to trade at 0.0323 in late trade. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) declined 2.06% or 0.0130 points to end at 0.6190 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) shed 1.76% or 0.124 points to 6.926.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 30 to 17 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was down 0.04% or 0.02 to $49.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $49.47 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.38% or 4.60 to trade at $1219.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1171, while EUR/GBP rose 0.49% to 0.7628.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 95.30.