Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.82% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which rose 6.67% or 0.2600 points to trade at 4.1600 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) added 6.10% or 0.9800 points to end at 17.0400 and Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS:RAMA) was up 1.04% or 0.100 points to 9.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which lost 6.01% or 0.0460 points to trade at 0.7200 in late trade. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 4.60% or 0.3600 points to end at 7.4600 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) shed 3.97% or 0.6550 points to 15.8500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 2.41% or 2.00 to $81.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.24% or 1.64 to hit $71.53 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 2.48% or 29.60 to trade at $1223.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.48% to 1.1577, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8770.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.38% at 94.86.