Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae (LS:YSO), which rose 3.10% or 0.0280 points to trade at 0.9320 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 0.36% or 0.0010 points to end at 0.2770 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was up 0.27% or 0.035 points to 12.800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Montepio (LS:MPIO), which fell 10.83% or 0.061 points to trade at 0.502 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 4.67% or 0.1220 points to end at 2.4900 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was down 2.90% or 0.1270 points to 4.2470.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 13 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was up 0.15% or 0.07 to $48.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.35% or 0.16 to hit $45.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.03% or 13.30 to trade at $1279.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.41% to 1.1210, while EUR/GBP fell 0.28% to 0.8666.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.32% at 96.98.