Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.40% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 4.43% or 0.1450 points to trade at 3.4200 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) added 3.04% or 0.0083 points to end at 0.2816 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 2.07% or 0.3800 points to 18.7200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 3.75% or 0.0077 points to trade at 0.1978 in late trade. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) declined 2.57% or 0.0800 points to end at 3.0300 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) shed 0.97% or 0.1400 points to 14.3350.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 22 to 9 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.40% or 0.29 to $71.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $66.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.44% or 19.60 to trade at $1340.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.2325, while EUR/GBP fell 0.71% to 0.8661.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 89.50.