Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.74%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which rose 1.50% or 0.0530 points to trade at 3.5830 at the close. Meanwhile, Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 1.47% or 0.2000 points to end at 13.7850 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was up 1.31% or 0.0720 points to 5.5830 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which fell 5.37% or 0.8700 points to trade at 15.3300 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 2.29% or 0.0035 points to end at 0.1495 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was down 1.23% or 0.0200 points to 1.6110.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.50% or 0.0530 to 3.5830.
Brent oil for April delivery was up 1.13% or 0.63 to $56.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.38% or 0.74 to hit $54.33 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.37% or 16.85 to trade at $1250.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.0577, while EUR/GBP fell 0.62% to 0.8427.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 101.00.