Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 5.37% or 0.419 points to trade at 8.217 at the close. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 2.96% or 0.0190 points to end at 0.6600 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 2.22% or 0.0004 points to 0.0184 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae (LS:YSO), which lost 2.14% or 0.0160 points to trade at 0.7320 in late trade. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 1.30% or 0.1700 points to end at 12.8600 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) shed 1.03% or 0.0180 points to 1.7330.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 31 to 19 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was down 2.69% or 1.26 to $45.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.77% or 1.24 to hit $43.46 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.45% or 5.85 to trade at $1317.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.1197, while EUR/GBP fell 0.73% to 0.8431.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.37% at 95.65.