Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 1.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which rose 4.19% or 0.1800 points to trade at 4.4760 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 2.40% or 0.0760 points to end at 3.2400 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 2.04% or 0.0045 points to 0.2255 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EDP (LS:EDP), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to trade at 3.4000 in late trade. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 0.55% or 0.0950 points to end at 17.3450 and REN (LS:RENE) gained 0.58% or 0.0140 points to 2.4400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 27 to 4 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.59% or 0.42 to $71.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.46% or 0.30 to hit $65.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 1.00 to trade at $1184.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.1364, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8944.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 96.55.