Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 1.95% or 0.0048 points to trade at 0.2510 at the close. Meanwhile, The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 1.05% or 0.0390 points to end at 3.7700 and REN (LS:RENE) was up 0.80% or 0.0220 points to 2.7610 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 1.76% or 0.0060 points to trade at 0.3350 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 1.46% or 0.2550 points to end at 17.1950 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was down 0.70% or 0.0380 points to 5.4210.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 16 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 0.22% or 0.11 to $49.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.40% or 0.19 to hit $47.13 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.64 to trade at $1245.64 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 1.02% to 1.1631, while EUR/GBP rose 1.45% to 0.8969.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 94.06.