Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI up 0.23%

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Thursday, as gains in the Basic Materials , Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI gained 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA ), which rose 3.63% or 0.09 points to trade at 2.57 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (ELI:SEM ) added 2.31% or 0.32 points to end at 14.16 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT ) was up 1.45% or 0.26 points to 18.19 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR ), which fell 2.67% or 0.30 points to trade at 10.94 at the close. EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP ) declined 0.57% or 0.02 points to end at 3.30 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT ) was down 0.35% or 0.02 points to 4.28.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 7 and 7 ended unchanged.

Shares in EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR ) fell to 3-years lows; falling 2.67% or 0.30 to 10.94. Shares in EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP ) fell to 3-years lows; down 0.57% or 0.02 to 3.30.

Brent oil for January delivery was up 0.60% or 0.45 to $75.37 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.53% or 0.38 to hit $72.07 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.02% or 27.40 to trade at $2,703.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 0.59% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 104.34.

Source: Investing.com