Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.64% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 4.07% or 0.0070 points to trade at 0.1790 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (LS:SEM) added 2.25% or 0.2650 points to end at 12.0250 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 1.41% or 0.1000 points to 7.2000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 0.28% or 0.0050 points to trade at 1.7950 at the close. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) declined 0.16% or 0.0010 points to end at 0.6290 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was up 0.02% or 0.0010 points to 6.0000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 33 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 4.40% or 1.94 to $45.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 4.34% or 1.81 to hit $43.52 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.03% or 0.35 to trade at $1352.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1155, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8607.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 95.72.