Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 3.18% or 0.0058 points to trade at 0.1884 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 1.57% or 0.180 points to end at 11.620 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 1.00% or 0.0850 points to 8.5750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO), which lost 2.55% or 0.0245 points to trade at 0.9345 in late trade. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 1.67% or 0.2200 points to end at 12.9300 and Semapa (LS:SEM) shed 1.35% or 0.2400 points to 17.4800.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 15 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.79% or 0.63 to $78.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $70.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1210.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.71% to 1.1756, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 93.63.