Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI declined 0.05% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT), which rose 10.59% or 0.50 points to trade at 5.17 at the close. Altri SGPS SA (ELI:ALSS) added 0.78% or 0.04 points to end at 5.16 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) was up 0.27% or 0.05 points to 18.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR), which lost 1.78% or 0.18 points to trade at 9.65 in late trade. EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP) declined 1.30% or 0.04 points to end at 3.12 and Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA) shed 1.29% or 0.04 points to 2.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 13 and 1 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 0.86% or 0.63 to $72.76 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.74% or 1.23 to hit $69.35 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.71% or 45.44 to trade at $2,607.86 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.15% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.50% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 108.09.