Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 1.11% or 0.0002 points to trade at 0.0182 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) added 0.09% or 0.0100 points to end at 11.7600 and EDP (LS:EDP) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to 3.0090 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which lost 2.08% or 0.1390 points to trade at 6.5460 in late trade. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 1.42% or 0.0510 points to end at 3.5470 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) shed 0.95% or 0.0160 points to 1.6750.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 33 to 10 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.94% or 0.46 to $49.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.71% or 0.33 to hit $47.10 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.34% or 4.55 to trade at $1325.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1277, while EUR/GBP rose 0.51% to 0.8556.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.02% at 94.75.