Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 1.09% or 0.1500 points to trade at 13.9100 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 0.77% or 0.0600 points to end at 7.8300 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 0.46% or 0.1000 points to 21.6500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were F.Rama (LS:RAMA), which fell 2.33% or 0.300 points to trade at 12.600 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 2.01% or 0.0700 points to end at 3.4060 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was down 1.98% or 0.0700 points to 3.4650.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 27 to 8 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Semapa (LS:SEM) rose to 5-year highs; rising 0.46% or 0.1000 to 21.6500.
Brent oil for July delivery was down 0.74% or 0.59 to $79.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.06% or 0.76 to hit $71.08 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.19% or 15.30 to trade at $1304.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1733, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8763.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 93.67.