Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 1.13% or 0.1800 points to trade at 16.1350 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) added 0.98% or 0.0660 points to end at 6.7880 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 0.63% or 0.0230 points to 3.7010 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 2.66% or 0.0070 points to trade at 0.2560 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 2.04% or 0.215 points to end at 10.305 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 1.86% or 0.0660 points to 3.4840.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.24% or 0.16 to $65.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $59.59 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.70 to trade at $1296.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.1952, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.8890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 92.32.