Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 1.53% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 4.10% or 0.6700 points to trade at 16.9950 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) added 3.83% or 0.0110 points to end at 0.2985 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 1.63% or 0.0650 points to 4.0650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 4.47% or 0.0125 points to trade at 0.2670 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) declined 1.07% or 0.0400 points to end at 3.6900 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was down 0.83% or 0.100 points to 11.900.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 28 to 12 and 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.83% or 0.0110 to 0.2985. Shares in Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) rose to 3-years highs; up 1.63% or 0.0650 to 4.0650.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.15% or 0.10 to $67.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.58% or 0.36 to hit $61.99 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.20 to trade at $1320.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.2077, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8914.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 91.59.