Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Technology, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI gained 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS), which rose 3.17% or 0.22 points to trade at 7.16 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR) added 1.25% or 0.17 points to end at 13.77 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) was up 0.56% or 0.11 points to 19.68 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semapa (ELI:SEM), which fell 1.68% or 0.26 points to trade at 15.24 at the close. Altri SGPS SA (ELI:ALSS) declined 1.21% or 0.07 points to end at 5.30 and Corticeira Amorim (ELI:CORA) was down 0.52% or 0.05 points to 9.62.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 10 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.26% or 0.22 to $85.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.26% or 0.21 to hit $81.65 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 2.15 to trade at $2,462.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.22% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 103.73.