Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 2.28% or 0.0048 points to trade at 0.2151 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) added 0.23% or 0.0160 points to end at 6.9790 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to 0.9700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 7.03% or 0.0180 points to trade at 0.2380 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 3.50% or 0.0900 points to end at 2.4850 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was down 3.34% or 0.4800 points to 13.8700.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 25 to 6 and 10 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for July delivery was up 0.67% or 0.35 to $52.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.69% or 0.34 to hit $49.41 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.31 to trade at $1254.39 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1129, while EUR/GBP fell 0.55% to 0.8558.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 97.49.