Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI added 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP), which rose 1.83% or 0.06 points to trade at 3.12 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (ELI:SEM) added 1.55% or 0.22 points to end at 14.40 and Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP) was up 1.49% or 0.24 points to 16.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP), which fell 1.15% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.48 at the close. Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA) declined 0.92% or 0.03 points to end at 2.80 and Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS) was down 0.45% or 0.02 points to 3.29.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 11 and 2 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 1.22% or 0.93 to $77.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.15% or 0.84 to hit $74.16 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 11.74 to trade at $2,684.14 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 109.00.