Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI up 0.02%

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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI gained 0.02%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR), which rose 3.25% or 0.48 points to trade at 15.27 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP) added 3.02% or 0.12 points to end at 3.99 and Semapa (ELI:SEM) was up 0.98% or 0.14 points to 14.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA), which fell 6.02% or 0.17 points to trade at 2.62 at the close. Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) declined 3.16% or 0.53 points to end at 16.22 and Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP) was down 1.72% or 0.31 points to 17.72.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 15 and 2 ended unchanged.

Shares in Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 6.02% or 0.17 to 2.62.

Brent oil for November delivery was up 0.36% or 0.26 to $72.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $69.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.50% or 12.70 to trade at $2,538.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.16% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 101.10.