PSI 20 Index - Seven shares gained more than 1% today

• The last hour of negotiation lead Euronext Lisbon to a clear rise. It’s PSI 20 index gained 0,25%. The 2,01% fall in BCP stock price shadowed the significant gains by Altri 5,12% (great expectations in the upcoming results here), Banco Espirito Santo 3,42% and Brisa, 1,70%, to refer only the three most impressive movers. The positive openings in the US stock exchanges played, again, a very important role in the closing figures all over Europe.

• Eurostat confirmed today that in the second quarter the European economy (Euro area) decelerated a bit putting some more pressure in the European Central Bank. Will it keep the “promise” to raise interest rates next Thursday?