Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 2.23% or 0.1150 points to trade at 5.2780 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 1.48% or 0.0120 points to end at 0.8230 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was up 1.40% or 0.0570 points to 4.1250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP (LS:EDP), which fell 1.43% or 0.0430 points to trade at 2.9600 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 1.18% or 0.0040 points to end at 0.3360 and Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) was down 1.17% or 0.038 points to 3.198.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 20 to 15 and 2 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 0.58% or 0.36 to $61.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.23% or 0.13 to hit $55.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.86 to trade at $1280.56 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1777, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8924.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.75.