Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 1.93% or 0.1700 points to trade at 8.9600 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 1.69% or 0.2900 points to end at 17.4300 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was up 1.26% or 0.140 points to 11.280 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which lost 6.81% or 0.9050 points to trade at 12.3850 in late trade. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 2.95% or 0.0070 points to end at 0.2300 and Sonae (LS:YSO) shed 2.50% or 0.0245 points to 0.9545.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.74% or 0.55 to $74.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.61% or 0.42 to hit $69.72 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.44% or 5.40 to trade at $1226.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.1663, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8884.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.47% at 94.42.