Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which rose 1.27% or 0.0620 points to trade at 4.9540 at the close. Meanwhile, Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 0.89% or 0.100 points to end at 11.350 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 0.88% or 0.0700 points to 8.0200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 3.12% or 0.0090 points to trade at 0.2795 at the close. F.Rama (LS:RAMA) declined 1.60% or 0.200 points to end at 12.300 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was down 1.49% or 0.0170 points to 1.1270.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.59% or 0.44 to $74.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $68.03 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.50 to trade at $1318.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.32% to 1.2122, while EUR/GBP fell 0.27% to 0.8706.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 91.28.