Portugal Stock Market Update

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Thursday, with losses in the Technology, Basic Materials, and Telecoms sectors leading shares lower.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI declined by 0.33%.

Best Performers

• Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA): up 3.82% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.61.
• Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP): added 2.92% or 0.01 points to end at 0.42.
• Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS): up 0.55% or 0.02 points to 3.68 in late trade.

Worst Performers

• Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP): fell 5.11% or 0.88 points to trade at 16.24.
• Corticeira Amorim (ELI:CORA): declined 1.45% or 0.13 points to end at 8.85.
• CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT): down 1.12% or 0.05 points to 4.42.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 13 to 11, with 6 stocks ending unchanged.

Shares in Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS) rose to 52-week highs, up 0.55% or 0.02 to 3.68.

Commodities Update

• Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.93% or 1.41 to $71.49 a barrel.
• Crude oil for November fell 2.20% or 1.53 to $68.16 a barrel.
• December Gold Futures rose 0.20% or 5.25 to trade at $2,689.95 a troy ounce.

Currency Update

• EUR/USD was unchanged at 1.12 (down 0.37%).
• EUR/GBP was unchanged at 0.83 (down 0.30%).
• The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 100.32.