Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 1.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 0.99% or 0.100 points to trade at 10.160 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 0.44% or 0.050 points to end at 11.450 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 0.26% or 0.0200 points to 7.6800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 4.62% or 0.0110 points to trade at 0.2270 in late trade. Sonae (LS:YSO) declined 3.77% or 0.0440 points to end at 1.1240 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) shed 1.70% or 0.2650 points to 15.3250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 11 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was down 0.73% or 0.51 to $68.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.24% or 0.81 to hit $64.36 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.30 to trade at $1326.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.2309, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 89.45.