With six billion euros in market capitalisation, it could be the fifth largest listed on the benchmark index.

The bank led by Miguel Maya fired after shareholders reaffirmed their interest in staying in the capital. Only four listed companies closed in the red on a day of gains for the PSI-20.

The Portuguese company reiterated that Sonangol wanted to remain a reference shareholder of Millennium BCP.

The news comes almost a week after Prime Minister António Costa submitted the full list of ministers.

The Portuguese public debt fell in 2018 to 122.2% compared to the previous year, but remains the 3rd largest in the EU. In the euro zone, public debt fell to 85.9% of GDP and in the EU to 80.4%.

The construction company intended to obtain 75 million with a new bond issue, but decided to revise the value upwards. It will issue 140 million euros.

According to the Professor Susana Peralta, Portugal still has a long road ahead if it wants to be the new Europe's Eldorado.

The Lisbon Stock Exchange closes the week in fall with only 4 quoted on positive ground. The PSI-20 fell for the first time in 4 sessions.

UNESCO approved the World Day of the Portuguese Language, which it will be celebrated on May 5th.

The issue is the fact that Biedronka, the Jerónimo Martins retailer in Poland, allegedly has different prices for its products on the shelves from those that customers pay at the cash register.

Products like oranges, cheeses, pork and seafood will be taxed at 25% when exported to the United States.

There is once again a technical agreement for Brexit, but investors are expectant about the difficulties in approving these terms. Lisbon escaped the losses by hitchhiking with NOS.

The Portuguese Prime Minister hopes that the new Brexit agreement reached between London and Brussels will be approved by the British Parliament.

In August, the economic activity indicator calculated by the National Statistics Institute (INE) accelerated and the external balance became positive, revealed Bank of Portugal this Thursday.

Portugal will start paying the EFSF, one of the two European creditors of the troika, this Thursday.

APEMIP estimates that after the French, the foreigners who invested the most in real estate in Portugal are from the United Kingdom and Brazil, both with 18%, followed by Germany (9%).

According to Eurostat, last year there were 21.6% of people at risk of poverty in Portugal. The country is in line with the EU average, but has more than doubled compared to 2018.

The country went to the markets this Wednesday to obtain 1,250 million euros and, contrary to what has happened in recent auctions, this time the costs did not fall.

The Portuguese government had already revised upwards the target to 119.3% of GDP for this year, against the 118.6% registered in the Stability Programme.

Portugal sent the draft State Budget for next year to the Commission on Tuesday. Without new measures, the government sees GDP accelerating to 2%.

Portugal's government also has the most female ministers of any government, eight in total.

The major European stock markets closed higher and Lisbon followed the trend, supported by gains in banking and energy.

The value of the Portugal brand grew 3% to around 214 billion dollars, according to Brand Finance.