Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI 20 up 0.44%
Investing.com
Published Aug 27, 2018 12:45PM ET
Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI 20 up 0.44%
Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.44%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Semapa (LS:SEM), which rose 2.23% or 0.4000 points to trade at 18.3200 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 1.97% or 0.0550 points to end at 2.8500 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 1.68% or 0.2250 points to 13.6250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 2.06% or 0.0045 points to trade at 0.2140 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) declined 1.22% or 0.120 points to end at 9.680 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was down 0.92% or 0.0800 points to 8.6100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was up 0.24% or 0.18 to $76.31 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $68.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 3.90 to trade at $1217.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.57% to 1.1689, while EUR/GBP rose 0.22% to 0.9065.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 94.63.
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