Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.98%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 5.44% or 0.1550 points to trade at 3.0050 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) added 2.00% or 0.1800 points to end at 9.1700 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 1.58% or 0.3500 points to 22.5500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which fell 1.27% or 0.150 points to trade at 11.650 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 0.23% or 0.0200 points to end at 8.5800 and REN (LS:RENE) was up 0.08% or 0.0020 points to 2.4500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 6 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) rose to all time highs; rising 2.00% or 0.1800 to 9.1700.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 0.23% or 0.18 to $78.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.27% or 0.94 to hit $73.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.10 to trade at $1258.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.1695, while EUR/GBP rose 0.43% to 0.8848.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.10% at 94.10.