Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which rose 2.53% or 0.1300 points to trade at 5.2600 at the close. Meanwhile, Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 1.40% or 0.140 points to end at 10.160 and Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO) was up 1.26% or 0.0105 points to 0.8470 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 2.77% or 0.0065 points to trade at 0.2280 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 2.34% or 0.0440 points to end at 1.8400 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was down 1.08% or 0.1800 points to 16.5200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.29% or 0.23 to $79.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.52% or 0.36 to hit $69.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 3.80 to trade at $1231.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1471, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8790.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 95.57.