Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 1.13% or 0.1800 points to trade at 16.1350 at the close. EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) added 0.98% or 0.0660 points to end at 6.7880 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 0.63% or 0.0230 points to 3.7010 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 2.66% or 0.0070 points to trade at 0.2560 in late trade. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 2.04% or 0.215 points to end at 10.305 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) shed 1.86% or 0.0660 points to 3.4840.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.24% or 0.16 to $65.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $59.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.70 to trade at $1296.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1951, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 92.32.