Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were EDP (LS:EDP), which rose 1.72% or 0.0460 points to trade at 2.7270 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 1.18% or 0.0400 points to end at 3.4400 and REN (LS:RENE) was up 1.14% or 0.0280 points to 2.4780 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae (LS:YSO), which lost 2.20% or 0.0270 points to trade at 1.2020 in late trade. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 2.03% or 0.0060 points to end at 0.2895 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) shed 1.16% or 0.120 points to 10.240.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was up 1.48% or 0.97 to $66.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.88% or 1.16 to hit $62.84 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1332.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.41% to 1.2333, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8834.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 89.67.