Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 3.36% or 0.0090 points to trade at 0.2770 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 2.93% or 0.0260 points to end at 0.9140 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was up 1.61% or 0.0150 points to 0.9490 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 2.32% or 0.0600 points to trade at 2.5300 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) declined 1.99% or 0.290 points to end at 14.310 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was down 1.56% or 0.0860 points to 5.4290.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 16 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.93% or 0.0260 to 0.9140.
Brent oil for July delivery was up 1.04% or 0.52 to $50.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 1.08% or 0.51 to hit $47.84 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 4.87 to trade at $1223.77 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.0865, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8444.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 99.54.