Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.03% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 2.09% or 0.0080 points to trade at 0.3900 at the close. Meanwhile, Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) added 1.49% or 0.0780 points to end at 5.3210 and REN (LS:RENE) was up 0.46% or 0.0120 points to 2.6480 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Montepio (LS:MPIO), which fell 3.37% or 0.015 points to trade at 0.430 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 1.16% or 0.0190 points to end at 1.6230 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was down 0.96% or 0.0080 points to 0.8260.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 20 to 17 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was down 0.14% or 0.08 to $55.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.36% or 0.19 to hit $53.30 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.55 to trade at $1239.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.53% to 1.0655, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8542.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 100.60.