Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the were Galp Energia Nom (ELI:), which rose 1.05% or 0.18 points to trade at 16.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (ELI:) added 0.81% or 0.12 points to end at 15.00 and Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:) was unchanged 0.50% or 0.00 points to 0.42 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP Renovaveis (ELI:), which fell 2.12% or 0.31 points to trade at 14.33 at the close. Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:) declined 1.03% or 0.18 points to end at 17.26 and EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:) was down 0.95% or 0.04 points to 3.86.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 15 to 10 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was up 3.08% or 2.36 to $78.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 3.04% or 2.23 to hit $75.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 16.80 to trade at $2,642.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 102.73.
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