Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 10.85% or 0.0230 points to trade at 0.2350 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 3.91% or 0.1800 points to end at 4.7800 and EDP (LS:EDP) was up 2.82% or 0.0800 points to 2.9130 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA), which fell 2.51% or 0.070 points to trade at 2.720 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 1.03% or 0.1550 points to end at 14.9600 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was down 0.63% or 0.0060 points to 0.9420.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 18 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.51% or 0.070 to 2.720. Shares in J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.03% or 0.1550 to 14.9600.
Brent oil for May delivery was down 0.70% or 0.45 to $63.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.98% or 0.60 to hit $60.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 6.50 to trade at $1321.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.78% to 1.2314, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8914.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 90.12.