Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were REN (LISBON:RENE), which rose 2.31% or 0.0640 points to trade at 2.8340 at the close. EDP (LISBON:EDP) added 1.82% or 0.0630 points to end at 3.5290 and Teixeira Duarte (LISBON:TDSA) was up 1.36% or 0.0090 points to 0.6690 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LISBON:MOTA), which lost 3.92% or 0.1175 points to trade at 2.8795 in late trade. Galp Energia Nom (LISBON:GALP) declined 3.77% or 0.4550 points to end at 11.6150 and Portugal Telecom (LISBON:PTC) shed 3.16% or 0.0175 points to 0.5365.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 36 to 29 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 2.03% or 1.38 to $66.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.22% or 1.35 to hit $59.58 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.62% or 7.40 to trade at $1182.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.1276, while EUR/GBP fell 0.47% to 0.7407.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.59% at 94.75.