Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LISBON:MOTA), which rose 4.64% or 0.1100 points to trade at 2.4790 at the close. Meanwhile, Teixeira Duarte (LISBON:TDSA) added 2.42% or 0.0130 points to end at 0.5500 and Altri SGPS (LISBON:ALSS) was up 1.41% or 0.0485 points to 3.4865 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LISBON:PHRA), which fell 2.60% or 0.0115 points to trade at 0.4305 at the close. Banif SA (LISBON:BANIF) declined 1.47% or 0.0001 points to end at 0.0067 and REN (LISBON:RENE) was down 1.31% or 0.0350 points to 2.6460.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 42 to 23 and 2 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was down 1.00% or 0.64 to $62.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.23% or 0.74 to hit $59.53 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1172.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1200, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.7120.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.02% at 95.42.