Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 1.67% or 0.0050 points to trade at 0.3040 at the close. Meanwhile, Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 1.55% or 0.180 points to end at 11.780 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was up 1.54% or 0.180 points to 11.880 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which fell 1.56% or 0.2450 points to trade at 15.5000 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 1.09% or 0.0620 points to end at 5.6110 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was down 0.38% or 0.0650 points to 17.0000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 20 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for February delivery was up 1.45% or 0.89 to $62.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.25% or 0.70 to hit $56.66 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 11.50 to trade at $1254.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1789, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.63.