Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.26%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 3.57% or 0.0820 points to trade at 2.3770 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) added 1.74% or 0.0930 points to end at 5.4340 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 1.38% or 0.1950 points to 14.3500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 6.77% or 0.0180 points to trade at 0.2480 in late trade. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 1.90% or 0.2750 points to end at 14.1750 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) shed 1.27% or 0.0026 points to 0.2014.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 16 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was down 1.81% or 0.95 to $51.46 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.81% or 0.90 to hit $48.72 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.07 to trade at $1266.27 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.0876, while EUR/GBP fell 0.71% to 0.8429.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 99.02.