Portugal shares lower at close of trade; PSI 20 down 0.40%

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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.40%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS: PHRA ), which rose 6.63% or 0.0118 points to trade at 0.1898 at the close. Sonae SGPS SA (LS: YSO ) added 1.52% or 0.0125 points to end at 0.8325 and REN (LS: RENE ) was up 1.15% or 0.0280 points to 2.4580 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Ibersol SGPS (LS: IBS ), which lost 2.64% or 0.220 points to trade at 8.120 in late trade. Altri SGPS (LS: ALSS ) declined 2.39% or 0.1400 points to end at 5.7100 and Corticeira Amorim (LS: CORA ) shed 2.11% or 0.200 points to 9.300.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 9 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was up 1.00% or 0.60 to $60.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.51% or 0.77 to hit $51.92 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 2.90 to trade at $1247.10 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.12% to 1.1354, while EUR/GBP fell 0.13% to 0.8991.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 97.148.