Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which rose 1.76% or 0.250 points to trade at 14.455 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) added 1.63% or 0.0037 points to end at 0.2300 and EDP (LS:EDP) was up 1.37% or 0.0440 points to 3.2460 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which fell 1.08% or 0.0400 points to trade at 3.6510 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 0.79% or 0.090 points to end at 11.355 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was down 0.47% or 0.0110 points to 2.3500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 17 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 1.65% or 0.87 to $51.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.58% or 1.25 to hit $47.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.94 to trade at $1292.76 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1807, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.9228.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.17.