Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.89%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 2.24% or 0.3250 points to trade at 14.8050 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) added 1.54% or 0.2800 points to end at 18.5200 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 1.23% or 0.0380 points to 3.1280 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 2.56% or 0.0060 points to trade at 0.2280 in late trade. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to end at 3.2700 and F.Rama (LS:RAMA) 0.00% or 0.000 points to 12.800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 8 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.42% or 0.29 to $69.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.53% or 0.34 to hit $64.72 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.60 to trade at $1322.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.16% to 1.2289, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8762.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.81.