Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.23%.
The biggest gainers 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. 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.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 1.76% or 0.0060 points to trade at 0.3350 in late trade. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 1.46% or 0.2550 points to end at 17.1950 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) shed 0.70% or 0.0380 points to 5.4210.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 16 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was down 0.22% or 0.11 to $49.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, 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 3.58 to trade at $1245.58 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 1.02% to 1.1631, while EUR/GBP rose 1.44% to 0.8968.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 94.06.