Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 1.13%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 0.69% or 0.0900 points to trade at 13.0850 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 0.37% or 0.0300 points to end at 8.1900 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 0.08% or 0.0130 points to 15.6080 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 5.06% or 0.0130 points to trade at 0.2440 at the close. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) declined 4.72% or 0.2440 points to end at 4.9260 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was down 3.88% or 0.1150 points to 2.8500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 24 to 7 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was down 1.36% or 1.02 to $73.72 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.06% or 0.04 to hit $65.67 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.29% or 3.70 to trade at $1270.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.1603, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 94.56.