Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LISBON:BCP), which rose 3.33% or 0.0017 points to trade at 0.0527 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LISBON:CTT) added 1.72% or 0.1590 points to end at 9.4210 and EDP Renovaveis (LISBON:EDPRu) was up 0.96% or 0.0570 points to 6.0210 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galp Energia Nom (LISBON:GALP), which lost 3.89% or 0.3540 points to trade at 8.7460 in late trade. Impresa SGPS (LISBON:IMPA) declined 3.84% or 0.03 points to end at 0.70 and Teixeira Duarte (LISBON:TDSA) shed 3.11% or 0.0140 points to 0.4360.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 36 to 14 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was up 1.46% or 0.69 to $48.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.45% or 1.08 to hit $45.23 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.74% or 8.20 to trade at $1110.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.54% to 1.1268, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.7297.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.42% at 95.56.