Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 4.24% or 0.0070 points to trade at 0.1720 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 2.41% or 0.0140 points to end at 0.5950 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 2.36% or 0.0400 points to 1.7350 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae (LS:YSO), which fell 1.07% or 0.0070 points to trade at 0.6500 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 1.00% or 0.1500 points to end at 14.8100 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 0.14% or 0.0100 points to 7.3100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 27 to 15 and 9 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 2.27% or 0.98 to $44.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.40% or 0.98 to hit $41.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.33% or 4.45 to trade at $1369.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1136, while EUR/GBP rose 1.41% to 0.8486.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 95.66.