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 rose 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP), which rose 1.85% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.36 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (ELI:SEM) added 1.24% or 0.18 points to end at 14.72 and Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:RENE) was up 0.88% or 0.02 points to 2.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT), which fell 1.47% or 0.28 points to trade at 18.82 at the close. Greenvolt Energias Renovaveis SA (ELI:GVOLT) declined 0.36% or 0.03 points to end at 8.31 and EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP) was down 0.25% or 0.01 points to 3.58.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 6 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.11% or 0.10 to $87.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $83.87 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 3.05 to trade at $2,366.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.24% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 104.81.