Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.38% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 6.69% or 0.0126 points to trade at 0.2010 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 3.39% or 0.1900 points to end at 5.7900 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 2.37% or 0.0230 points to 0.9950 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 2.22% or 0.0800 points to trade at 3.5200 in late trade. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 1.53% or 0.0770 points to end at 4.9480 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) shed 1.30% or 0.150 points to 11.350.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 14 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 1.02% or 0.75 to $74.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.57% or 0.39 to hit $68.86 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.40% or 5.40 to trade at $1348.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2342, while EUR/GBP fell 0.21% to 0.8695.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 89.56.