Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI lost 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT), which rose 0.94% or 0.04 points to trade at 4.30 at the close. Meanwhile, Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) added 0.90% or 0.18 points to end at 20.18 and Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP) was up 0.50% or 0.10 points to 19.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR), which fell 2.52% or 0.38 points to trade at 14.67 at the close. Semapa (ELI:SEM) declined 1.83% or 0.28 points to end at 15.02 and The Navigator Company SA (ELI:NVGR) was down 0.90% or 0.04 points to 3.94.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 14 and 2 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was up 1.95% or 1.53 to $79.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 2.12% or 1.57 to hit $75.64 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 16.85 to trade at $2,392.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 104.21.