Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 2.09% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 5.13% or 0.0135 points to trade at 0.2769 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 4.87% or 0.1550 points to end at 3.3350 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 3.97% or 0.6100 points to 15.9800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Semapa (LS:SEM), which lost 0.11% or 0.0200 points to trade at 18.9400 in late trade. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 11.200 and EDP (LS:EDP) gained 0.03% or 0.0010 points to 3.1060.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 29 to 4 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.62% or 0.42 to $68.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.47% or 0.30 to hit $63.67 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.84% or 11.30 to trade at $1328.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.2238, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.8740.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 90.16.