Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 2.09% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 5.13% or 0.0135 points to trade at 0.2769 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 4.87% or 0.1550 points to end at 3.3350 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 3.97% or 0.6100 points to 15.9800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semapa (LS:SEM), which fell 0.11% or 0.0200 points to trade at 18.9400 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 11.200 and EDP (LS:EDP) was up 0.03% or 0.0010 points to 3.1060.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 29 to 4 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.62% or 0.42 to $68.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.46% or 0.29 to hit $63.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.84% or 11.30 to trade at $1328.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.2238, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 90.15.