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Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI 20 up 0.31%

Published 06/30/2016, 12:45 PM
Updated 06/30/2016, 12:45 PM
© Reuters.  Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI 20 up 0.31%

© Reuters. Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI 20 up 0.31%

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.31%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which rose 2.97% or 0.3600 points to trade at 12.5000 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 2.61% or 0.3600 points to end at 14.1600 and Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) was up 0.91% or 0.0100 points to 1.1080 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 3.70% or 0.0007 points to trade at 0.0182 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) declined 3.03% or 0.0220 points to end at 0.7050 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 2.01% or 0.1460 points to 7.1140.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 24 to 17 and 6 ended unchanged.

Shares in Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.97% or 0.3600 to 12.5000. Shares in Sonae (LS:YSO) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.03% or 0.0220 to 0.7050.

Brent oil for September delivery was down 2.53% or 1.30 to $50.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.39% or 1.19 to hit $48.69 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.61% or 8.05 to trade at $1318.85 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.1064, while EUR/GBP rose 0.82% to 0.8354.

The US Dollar Index was up 0.61% at 96.27.

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