Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were REN (LS:RENE), which rose 3.23% or 0.0830 points to trade at 2.6520 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) added 1.89% or 0.1120 points to end at 6.0420 and EDP (LS:EDP) was up 1.56% or 0.0440 points to 2.8670 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 6.37% or 0.0100 points to trade at 0.1470 in late trade. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 2.53% or 0.2750 points to end at 10.6100 and Impresa SGPS (LS:IMPA) shed 2.22% or 0.0080 points to 0.3520.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 29 to 23 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was down 2.68% or 1.10 to $39.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 1.65% or 0.63 to hit $37.66 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 1.26% or 15.90 to trade at $1273.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 1.95% to 1.1214, while EUR/GBP rose 1.17% to 0.7843.
The US Dollar Index was down 1.27% at 95.96.