Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae (LS:YSO), which rose 1.45% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.9770 at the close. Meanwhile, Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) added 1.02% or 0.0560 points to end at 5.5240 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 0.64% or 0.0015 points to 0.2355 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 2.11% or 0.0070 points to trade at 0.3250 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 1.33% or 0.0330 points to end at 2.4390 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was down 1.20% or 0.135 points to 11.130.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 24 to 8 and 9 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 0.95% or 0.50 to $52.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.37% or 0.68 to hit $48.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 10.56 to trade at $1289.86 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1754, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.9059.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 93.39.