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

Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Utilities, Financials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.

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

The biggest gainers 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. 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.

Biggest losers included Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA), which lost 6.02% or 0.17 points to trade at 2.62 in late trade. Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) declined 3.16% or 0.53 points to end at 16.22 and Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP) shed 1.72% or 0.31 points to 17.72.

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

In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was up 0.36% or 0.26 to $72.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, 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 12.75 to trade at $2,538.75 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.17% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

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