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 lost 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA), which rose 0.54% or 0.02 points to trade at 3.37 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS) added 0.29% or 0.01 points to end at 3.49 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) was up 0.12% or 0.02 points to 16.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:RENE), which lost 1.47% or 0.04 points to trade at 2.35 in late trade. Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS) declined 1.10% or 0.08 points to end at 7.18 and EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR) shed 1.01% or 0.14 points to 13.78.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 14 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was up 1.84% or 1.40 to $77.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.84% or 1.32 to hit $73.25 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.11% or 28.20 to trade at $2,519.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.34% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 101.33.