Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.40% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 4.43% or 0.1450 points to trade at 3.4200 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) added 3.04% or 0.0083 points to end at 0.2816 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 2.07% or 0.3800 points to 18.7200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 3.75% or 0.0077 points to trade at 0.1978 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) declined 2.57% or 0.0800 points to end at 3.0300 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was down 0.97% or 0.1400 points to 14.3350.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 22 to 9 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) fell to all time lows; falling 2.57% or 0.0800 to 3.0300.
Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.37% or 0.27 to $71.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $66.81 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.43% or 19.40 to trade at $1340.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.2326, while EUR/GBP fell 0.71% to 0.8661.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 89.50.