Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.04%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 4.10% or 0.0100 points to trade at 0.2540 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 1.23% or 0.1750 points to end at 14.4250 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 1.12% or 0.0002 points to 0.0180 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which fell 1.93% or 0.0510 points to trade at 2.5980 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 1.52% or 0.0260 points to end at 1.6850 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was down 1.49% or 0.0100 points to 0.6600.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 26 to 19 and 10 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was up 1.94% or 0.89 to $46.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.15% or 0.50 to hit $44.08 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.62% or 8.25 to trade at $1317.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.1237, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8507.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 95.37.