Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Technology, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were F.Rama (LS:RAMA), which rose 6.15% or 0.550 points to trade at 9.500 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 3.10% or 0.0075 points to end at 0.2495 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was up 0.98% or 0.0500 points to 5.1300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which fell 1.02% or 0.1300 points to trade at 12.5800 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 0.91% or 0.1550 points to end at 16.8550 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was down 0.50% or 0.0150 points to 3.0050.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 13 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.18% or 0.13 to $73.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.05% or 0.74 to hit $69.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.80 to trade at $1247.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1683, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8836.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 94.47.