Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae (LS:YSO), which rose 2.34% or 0.0200 points to trade at 0.8750 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 1.73% or 0.0280 points to end at 1.6490 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 1.27% or 0.0090 points to 0.7150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 11.37% or 0.0183 points to trade at 0.1427 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 1.13% or 0.0600 points to end at 5.2600 and EDP (LS:EDP) was down 1.10% or 0.0310 points to 2.8000.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 11 and 9 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.26% or 0.14 to $54.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.22% or 0.11 to hit $51.19 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.08% or 13.15 to trade at $1198.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.08% to 1.0622, while EUR/GBP fell 0.32% to 0.8643.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 101.51.