Portugal shares higher at close of trade; PSI 20 up 0.11%

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Portugal shares higher at close of trade; PSI 20 up 0.11%
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Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Industrials , Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.11%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were EDP (LS: EDP ), which rose 2.19% or 0.0680 points to trade at 3.1780 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS: CORA ) added 1.43% or 0.140 points to end at 9.910 and Sonae Capital (LS: SONAC ) was up 1.34% or 0.0100 points to 0.7580 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS: MOTA ), which lost 1.91% or 0.0340 points to trade at 1.7460 in late trade. Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS: RAMA ) declined 1.10% or 0.100 points to end at 8.950 and EDP Renovaveis (LS: EDPR ) shed 0.76% or 0.0600 points to 7.7950.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was down 1.61% or 1.16 to $70.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.41% or 0.87 to hit $60.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1224.40 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.22% to 1.1402, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.8704.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 96.20.

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