Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae (LS:YSO), which rose 1.17% or 0.0110 points to trade at 0.9540 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 0.87% or 0.0080 points to end at 0.9280 and Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) was up 0.62% or 0.020 points to 3.230 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were REN (LS:RENE), which fell 2.44% or 0.0710 points to trade at 2.8410 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 2.04% or 0.0890 points to end at 4.2660 and Montepio (LS:MPIO) was down 1.96% or 0.010 points to 0.500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 16 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was up 1.78% or 0.80 to $45.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.48% or 0.63 to hit $43.16 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.45 to trade at $1252.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1151, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8804.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 97.27.