Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.87% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 2.00% or 0.0150 points to trade at 0.7650 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 1.69% or 0.2450 points to end at 14.7200 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was up 0.24% or 0.020 points to 8.360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO), which lost 5.42% or 0.0470 points to trade at 0.8200 in late trade. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 4.58% or 0.0086 points to end at 0.1790 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) shed 3.09% or 0.290 points to 9.090.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 9 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was up 1.04% or 0.69 to $66.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.69% or 0.39 to hit $56.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.16% or 13.90 to trade at $1213.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1324, while EUR/GBP rose 1.75% to 0.8856.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 96.94.