Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 15.34% or 0.0520 points to trade at 0.3910 at the close. Meanwhile, The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 2.64% or 0.0900 points to end at 3.5000 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was up 2.52% or 0.229 points to 9.325 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco BPI (LS:BBPI), which fell 12.38% or 0.1300 points to trade at 0.9200 at the close. EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) declined 0.57% or 0.0350 points to end at 6.1090 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was down 0.27% or 0.0110 points to 4.0840.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 25 to 9 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 15.34% or 0.0520 to 0.3910. Shares in Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) fell to 52-week lows; falling 12.38% or 0.1300 to 0.9200. Shares in The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.64% or 0.0900 to 3.5000.
Brent oil for April delivery was up 0.91% or 0.50 to $55.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.36% or 0.71 to hit $53.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.25 to trade at $1235.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.0663, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8517.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 100.55.