Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which rose 4.46% or 0.5200 points to trade at 12.1900 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 3.07% or 0.0500 points to end at 1.6780 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was up 1.79% or 0.0120 points to 0.6830 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which fell 0.80% or 0.0210 points to trade at 2.6110 at the close. Montepio (LS:MPIO) declined 0.44% or 0.002 points to end at 0.454 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was down 0.42% or 0.0130 points to 3.1080.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 32 to 17 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was up 1.89% or 0.93 to $50.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.19% or 1.03 to hit $48.08 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1323.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1243, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8657.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.03% at 95.28.