Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.42%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 3.38% or 0.0510 points to trade at 1.5620 at the close. Meanwhile, Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 2.59% or 0.3300 points to end at 13.0950 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was up 1.67% or 0.0490 points to 2.9830 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which fell 3.05% or 0.244 points to trade at 7.756 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 2.68% or 0.4000 points to end at 14.5100 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was down 1.89% or 0.0150 points to 0.7800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 25 to 22 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for February delivery was up 4.34% or 2.25 to $54.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.07% or 2.01 to hit $51.45 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.63% or 7.35 to trade at $1166.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.0623, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8448.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 101.32.