Portugal Stock Market Update

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%.

Best Performers

• EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR): +3.25% (0.48 points), trading at 15.27.
• EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP): +3.02% (0.12 points), ending at 3.99.
• Semapa (ELI:SEM): +0.98% (0.14 points), trading at 14.40 in late trade.

Worst Performers

• Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA): -6.02% (0.17 points), trading at 2.62.
• Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT): -3.16% (0.53 points), ending at 16.22.
• Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP): -1.72% (0.31 points), down to 17.72.

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

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

Commodities

• Brent oil for November delivery: +0.36% (0.26) to $72.96 a barrel.
• Crude oil for October delivery: +0.36% (0.25) to $69.45 a barrel.
• December Gold Futures: +0.50% (12.70) to $2,538.70 a troy ounce.

Currency Performance

• EUR/USD: unchanged at 1.11 (+0.16%).
• EUR/GBP: unchanged at 0.84 (+0.01%).
• US Dollar Index Futures: -0.20% at 101.10.