Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 1.08% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banif SA (LISBON:BANIF), which rose 1.72% or 0.0001 points to trade at 0.0058 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (LISBON:SEM) added 1.55% or 0.2075 points to end at 13.6075 and Impresa SGPS (LISBON:IMPA) was up 1.39% or 0.01 points to 0.73 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae (LISBON:YSO), which fell 4.15% or 0.0500 points to trade at 1.1540 at the close. Altri SGPS (LISBON:ALSS) declined 3.29% or 0.1190 points to end at 3.5020 and Pharol SGPS SA (LISBON:PHRA) was down 2.14% or 0.0055 points to 0.2515.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 53 to 15 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Pharol SGPS SA (LISBON:PHRA) fell to all time lows; falling 2.14% or 0.0055 to 0.2515.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 0.65% or 0.30 to $46.85 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.17% or 0.07 to hit $41.34 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 2.18% or 24.60 to trade at $1152.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.70% to 1.1197, while EUR/GBP rose 0.72% to 0.7142.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 96.00.