Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 1.46% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 0.23% or 0.0020 points to trade at 0.8760 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 8.000 and Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS:RAMA) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 7.700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 5.62% or 0.0920 points to trade at 1.5440 in late trade. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) declined 3.69% or 0.1160 points to end at 3.0240 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) shed 3.18% or 0.1700 points to 5.1800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 6 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 3.86% or 2.21 to $55.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 3.99% or 1.92 to hit $46.25 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 10.15 to trade at $1266.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.76% to 1.1462, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.9044.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.71% at 95.800.