Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 1.05%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 0.99% or 0.100 points to trade at 10.160 at the close. Meanwhile, Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 0.44% or 0.050 points to end at 11.450 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 0.26% or 0.0200 points to 7.6800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 4.62% or 0.0110 points to trade at 0.2270 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) declined 3.77% or 0.0440 points to end at 1.1240 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was down 1.70% or 0.2650 points to 15.3250.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 11 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 0.26% or 0.0200 to 7.6800.
Brent oil for May delivery was down 0.79% or 0.55 to $68.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.29% or 0.84 to hit $64.33 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.30 to trade at $1326.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.2309, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 89.45.