Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 4.16% or 0.3400 points to trade at 8.5200 at the close. Meanwhile, Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 2.35% or 0.250 points to end at 10.900 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 1.58% or 0.0150 points to 0.9650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 1.66% or 0.0550 points to trade at 3.2600 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 1.58% or 0.180 points to end at 11.220 and EDP (LS:EDP) was down 1.17% or 0.0400 points to 3.3700.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 15 to 15 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.16% or 0.3400 to 8.5200.
Brent oil for August delivery was up 2.14% or 1.61 to $76.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.65% or 1.07 to hit $65.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.70 to trade at $1302.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1809, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8804.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 93.40.