Portugal shares lower at close of trade; PSI 20 down 0.27%

Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Thursday, as losses in the Consumer Services , Technology and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.27%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS: PHRA ), which rose 3.18% or 0.0058 points to trade at 0.1884 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS: CORA ) added 1.57% or 0.180 points to end at 11.620 and EDP Renovaveis (LS: EDPR ) was up 1.00% or 0.0850 points to 8.5750 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Sonae SGPS SA (LS: YSO ), which lost 2.55% or 0.0245 points to trade at 0.9345 in late trade. J. Martins SGPS (LS: JMT ) declined 1.67% or 0.2200 points to end at 12.9300 and Semapa (LS: SEM ) shed 1.35% or 0.2400 points to 17.4800.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 15 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.79% or 0.63 to $78.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.42% or 0.30 to hit $70.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.15% or 1.80 to trade at $1210.10 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 0.71% to 1.1756, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8878.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 93.63.