Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI up 0.42%

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.

Source: Investing.com