Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the PSI Financials Gross Return, PSI Consumer Services Gross Return and PSI Industrials Gross Return sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI added 2.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI were Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP), which rose 9.73% or 0.04 points to trade at 0.46 at the close. Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) added 8.24% or 1.36 points to end at 17.87 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT) was up 3.76% or 0.16 points to 4.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS), which fell 3.30% or 0.12 points to trade at 3.52 in late trade. Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP) declined 2.06% or 0.33 points to end at 15.67 and Altri SGPS SA (ELI:ALSS) down 1.60% or 0.08 points to 4.97.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 14 to 12 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
Shares in Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 9.73% or 0.04 to 0.46.
Brent oil for January delivery was up 0.61% or 0.44 to $72.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.70% or 0.48 to hit $69.09 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.75% or 48.95 to trade at $2,751.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP rose 0.80% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 104.02.