Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 10.85% or 0.0230 points to trade at 0.2350 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 3.91% or 0.1800 points to end at 4.7800 and EDP (LS:EDP) was up 2.82% or 0.0800 points to 2.9130 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA), which lost 2.51% or 0.070 points to trade at 2.720 in late trade. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 1.03% or 0.1550 points to end at 14.9600 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) shed 0.63% or 0.0060 points to 0.9420.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 18 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was down 0.70% or 0.45 to $63.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.98% or 0.60 to hit $60.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.60 to trade at $1321.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.78% to 1.2314, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8914.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 90.12.