Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were REN (LS:RENE), which rose 1.72% or 0.0420 points to trade at 2.4900 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) added 1.14% or 0.0600 points to end at 5.3450 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was up 1.00% or 0.080 points to 8.080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 3.47% or 0.0560 points to trade at 1.5580 in late trade. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 2.21% or 0.200 points to end at 8.850 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) shed 1.68% or 0.1000 points to 5.8500.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 11 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.76% or 0.42 to $55.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.30% or 0.14 to hit $46.68 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 8.55 to trade at $1292.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.52% to 1.1401, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.9018.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 95.833.