Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 0.69% or 0.0900 points to trade at 13.0850 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 0.37% or 0.0300 points to end at 8.1900 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 0.08% or 0.0130 points to 15.6080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 5.06% or 0.0130 points to trade at 0.2440 in late trade. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) declined 4.72% or 0.2440 points to end at 4.9260 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) shed 3.88% or 0.1150 points to 2.8500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 7 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for August delivery was down 1.36% or 1.02 to $73.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $65.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.60 to trade at $1270.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.27% to 1.1605, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 94.55.