Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 0.97% or 0.1550 points to trade at 16.1200 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 0.96% or 0.0080 points to end at 0.8400 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 0.86% or 0.0590 points to 6.9300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which fell 1.70% or 0.0540 points to trade at 3.1300 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 1.03% or 0.0360 points to end at 3.4480 and REN (LS:RENE) was down 0.84% or 0.0210 points to 2.4890.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 15 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) fell to all time lows; falling 1.70% or 0.0540 to 3.1300.
Brent oil for January delivery was up 0.17% or 0.11 to $63.43 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.81% or 0.47 to hit $58.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.82 to trade at $1291.38 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1852, while EUR/GBP rose 0.44% to 0.8911.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.04.