Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.38% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 6.69% or 0.0126 points to trade at 0.2010 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 3.39% or 0.1900 points to end at 5.7900 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 2.37% or 0.0230 points to 0.9950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 2.22% or 0.0800 points to trade at 3.5200 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 1.53% or 0.0770 points to end at 4.9480 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was down 1.30% or 0.150 points to 11.350.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 14 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) rose to all time highs; up 3.39% or 0.1900 to 5.7900.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 1.02% or 0.75 to $74.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.57% or 0.39 to hit $68.86 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.39% or 5.30 to trade at $1348.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2342, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8695.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 89.56.