Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.62%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which rose 2.50% or 0.1070 points to trade at 4.3940 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 2.09% or 0.0090 points to end at 0.4390 and EDP (LS:EDP) was up 1.93% or 0.0570 points to 3.0070 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which fell 2.09% or 0.3300 points to trade at 15.4500 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) declined 1.20% or 0.150 points to end at 12.350 and Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) was 0.00% or 0.000 points to 3.580.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 26 to 9 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.50% or 0.1070 to 4.3940.
Brent oil for December delivery was up 0.19% or 0.11 to $58.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.29% or 0.15 to hit $52.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 7.69 to trade at $1271.31 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.09% to 1.1683, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8867.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.87% at 94.34.