Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 2.10%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS:RAMA), which rose 1.16% or 0.100 points to trade at 8.750 at the close. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 0.98% or 0.0080 points to end at 0.8230 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was down 0.05% or 0.0020 points to 3.7000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which lost 4.29% or 0.1500 points to trade at 3.3500 in late trade. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 4.02% or 0.0680 points to end at 1.6220 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) shed 3.35% or 0.4950 points to 14.2700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 28 to 5 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 3.57% or 2.20 to $59.36 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.54% or 1.87 to hit $51.02 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1246.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.1381, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8901.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 96.705.