Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 4.36% or 0.3300 points to trade at 7.9000 at the close. Meanwhile, F.Rama (LS:RAMA) added 2.59% or 0.250 points to end at 9.900 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 1.87% or 0.0046 points to 0.2512 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 1.55% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.2540 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 1.18% or 0.0400 points to end at 3.3500 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was down 0.87% or 0.100 points to 11.340.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.36% or 0.3300 to 7.9000.
Brent oil for August delivery was up 0.41% or 0.32 to $78.04 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.42% or 0.97 to hit $67.24 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1302.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1667, while EUR/GBP rose 0.02% to 0.8782.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 94.08.