Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.70%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae (LS:YSO), which rose 2.50% or 0.0210 points to trade at 0.8600 at the close. Meanwhile, Montepio (LS:MPIO) added 2.14% or 0.009 points to end at 0.429 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 1.90% or 0.0030 points to 0.1613 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 3.52% or 0.0620 points to trade at 1.7000 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 0.48% or 0.0750 points to end at 15.5300 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 0.19% or 0.0090 points to 4.8140.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.17% or 0.09 to $51.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $48.90 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 2.13% or 25.55 to trade at $1226.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.0722, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.8676.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 100.31.