Portugal Stock Market Overview

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology, and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI declined 0.73% to hit a new 1-month low.

Top Performers

The best performers of the session on the PSI were:
– Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP): unchanged 0.57% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.39 at the close.
– Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP): added 0.41% or 0.07 points to end at 17.04.
– Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS): up 0.28% or 0.02 points to 7.26 in late trade.

Worst Performers

The worst performers of the session were:
– Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT): fell 4.12% or 0.73 points to trade at 16.97 at the close.
– EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP): declined 1.42% or 0.06 points to end at 3.96.
– Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA): down 1.37% or 0.03 points to 2.45.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 8, with 7 ending unchanged.

Commodities

Brent oil for December delivery increased 4.19% or 3.10 to $77.00 a barrel. In other commodities trading:
– Crude oil for November rose 4.42% or 3.10 to hit $73.20 a barrel.
– December Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 1.65 to trade at $2,671.35 a troy ounce.

Currency Exchange

• EUR/USD was unchanged 0.27% to 1.10.
• EUR/GBP rose 0.87% to 0.84.
• The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 101.80.