Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI up 0.57%

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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI rose 0.57%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Corticeira Amorim (ELI:CORA ), which rose 2.03% or 0.17 points to trade at 8.53 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS SA (ELI:ALSS ) added 1.68% or 0.09 points to end at 5.13 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT ) was up 1.52% or 0.28 points to 18.68 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA ), which fell 11.51% or 0.32 points to trade at 2.49 at the close. EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR ) declined 0.49% or 0.05 points to end at 10.13 and Sonae SGPS SA (ELI:YSO ) was 0.32% or 0.00 points to 0.93.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 13 to 8 and 9 ended unchanged.

Shares in EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR ) fell to 3-years lows; falling 0.49% or 0.05 to 10.13.

Brent oil for February delivery was down 0.03% or 0.02 to $72.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $68.51 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.70% or 18.64 to trade at $2,657.56 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.13% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.45% at 105.81.

Source: Investing.com