Portugal stocks lower at close of trade; PSI down 0.45%

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Financials , Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI lost 0.45% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Greenvolt Energias Renovaveis SA (ELI:GVOLT ), which rose 3.10% or 0.25 points to trade at 8.31 at the close. Meanwhile, Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT ) added 1.90% or 0.31 points to end at 16.62 and Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS ) was up 1.69% or 0.12 points to 7.20 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Altri SGPS SA (ELI:ALSS ), which fell 1.86% or 0.09 points to trade at 4.96 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP ) declined 1.81% or 0.01 points to end at 0.42 and Semapa (ELI:SEM ) was down 1.74% or 0.26 points to 14.66.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 13 to 13 and 6 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.91% or 0.68 to $74.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.03% or 0.73 to hit $70.04 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 13.00 to trade at $2,742.40 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.08% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 104.06.

Source: Investing.com