Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 3.57% or 0.0820 points to trade at 2.3770 at the close. Meanwhile, Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) added 1.74% or 0.0930 points to end at 5.4340 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 1.38% or 0.1950 points to 14.3500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 6.77% or 0.0180 points to trade at 0.2480 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 1.90% or 0.2750 points to end at 14.1750 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was down 1.27% or 0.0026 points to 0.2014.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 16 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.57% or 0.0820 to 2.3770.
Brent oil for July delivery was down 1.79% or 0.94 to $51.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 1.79% or 0.89 to hit $48.73 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.17 to trade at $1266.37 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.0877, while EUR/GBP fell 0.69% to 0.8430.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 99.02.