Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.46%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were F.Rama (LS:RAMA), which rose 2.00% or 0.200 points to trade at 10.200 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 0.55% or 0.0700 points to end at 12.7150 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 0.44% or 0.0010 points to 0.2295 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which lost 3.18% or 0.360 points to trade at 10.960 in late trade. Sonae (LS:YSO) declined 1.67% or 0.0165 points to end at 0.9725 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) shed 1.67% or 0.0045 points to 0.2650.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 15 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was up 1.49% or 1.08 to $73.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 2.07% or 1.40 to hit $69.06 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.50 to trade at $1223.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.1610, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8906.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 94.83.