Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the PSI Technology Gross Return, PSI Consumer Goods Gross Return and PSI Industrials Gross Return sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI fell 0.43%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA), which rose 0.54% or 0.02 points to trade at 3.37 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS) added 0.29% or 0.01 points to end at 3.49 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) was up 0.12% or 0.02 points to 16.69 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:RENE), which fell 1.47% or 0.04 points to trade at 2.35 in late trade. Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS) declined 1.10% or 0.08 points to end at 7.18 and EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR) down 1.01% or 0.14 points to 13.78.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 14 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 1.83% or 1.39 to $77.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.86% or 1.34 to hit $73.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.10% or 28.10 to trade at $2,519.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.34% to 0.85.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 101.33.