Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 1.00%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 1.63% or 0.0650 points to trade at 4.0650 at the close. Meanwhile, Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 1.17% or 0.1800 points to end at 15.5500 and Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) was up 0.99% or 0.030 points to 3.070 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 6.94% or 0.0160 points to trade at 0.2145 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 3.69% or 0.0119 points to end at 0.3102 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was down 2.47% or 0.1200 points to 4.7450.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 22 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) rose to 3-years highs; rising 1.63% or 0.0650 to 4.0650. Shares in Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 6.94% or 0.0160 to 0.2145.
Brent oil for April delivery was up 0.80% or 0.55 to $69.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.24% or 0.80 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.20 to trade at $1345.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.2485, while EUR/GBP rose 0.18% to 0.8763.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 88.62.