Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae (LS:YSO), which rose 0.78% or 0.0080 points to trade at 1.0280 at the close. EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) added 0.78% or 0.0550 points to end at 7.0810 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 0.77% or 0.1200 points to 15.7250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 5.52% or 0.0270 points to trade at 0.4620 in late trade. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 1.35% or 0.160 points to end at 11.720 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) shed 1.13% or 0.0370 points to 3.2500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 16 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.60% or 0.93 to $57.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.29% or 0.67 to hit $51.37 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.83 to trade at $1289.83 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.40% to 1.1834, while EUR/GBP rose 0.77% to 0.8995.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 93.07.