Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI up 0.80%

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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI rose 0.80%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT), which rose 2.58% or 0.46 points to trade at 18.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP) added 1.33% or 0.01 points to end at 1.11 and Teixeira Duarte (ELI:TDSA) was unchanged 1.08% or 0.00 points to 0.42 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA), which fell 0.26% or 0.01 points to trade at 4.61 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 20.65 and Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:RENE) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 3.59.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 6 and 4 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for January delivery was down 1.00% or 1.12 to $110.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.99% or 1.02 to hit $101.76 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.46% or 18.75 to trade at $4,032.85 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.07% to 1.12, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.23% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 101.86.