Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI up 0.18%

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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI added 0.18% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP ), which rose 1.34% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.41 at the close. Meanwhile, Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP ) added 0.76% or 0.13 points to end at 17.17 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT ) was up 0.56% or 0.03 points to 4.53 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Corticeira Amorim (ELI:CORA ), which fell 1.87% or 0.17 points to trade at 8.94 at the close. Sonae SGPS SA (ELI:YSO ) declined 0.92% or 0.01 points to end at 0.97 and Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:RENE ) was down 0.82% or 0.02 points to 2.43.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 11 to 11 and 9 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for November delivery was up 2.68% or 1.89 to $72.50 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 3.16% or 2.13 to hit $69.44 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.47% or 37.50 to trade at $2,579.90 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.32% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 101.50.

Source: Investing.com