Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 4.16% or 0.3400 points to trade at 8.5200 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 2.35% or 0.250 points to end at 10.900 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 1.58% or 0.0150 points to 0.9650 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 1.66% or 0.0550 points to trade at 3.2600 in late trade. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 1.58% or 0.180 points to end at 11.220 and EDP (LS:EDP) shed 1.17% or 0.0400 points to 3.3700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 15 to 15 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for August delivery was up 2.14% or 1.61 to $76.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.65% or 1.07 to hit $65.80 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1302.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.1808, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8803.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 93.40.