Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which rose 3.90% or 0.1930 points to trade at 5.1450 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 1.86% or 0.0150 points to end at 0.8200 and Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO) was up 1.74% or 0.0155 points to 0.9045 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 1.58% or 0.0350 points to trade at 2.1800 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 1.49% or 0.0028 points to end at 0.1850 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was down 0.77% or 0.1300 points to 16.6500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 1.83% or 1.46 to $78.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.39% or 1.68 to hit $68.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1208.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.1681, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8910.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 94.57.