By Andrea Hargraves 
The Lisbon Stock Exchange ended the penultimate session of the week in negative territory, in line with Europe – where the dominant color was also red.
The National Field thus closed the third consecutive session of losses that had not occurred since October 12th.
The PSI ended the day down by 0.93%, at 5,745.57 points. Of the 15 listed companies that make up the main national index, only three of them ended the session higher. Navigator led the losses, falling 4.72% to €3.67, again the lows of November 21st. The movement takes place on the same day that the papermaker’s securities entered an ex-dividend – that is, they are no longer entitled to the extraordinary gross pay of 21.091 cents per share, which will be distributed as of next December 12th.
Still among the papermakers, Semapa lost 0.58% to €13.70, while Altri lost its value by 1.03% to €5.31.
In the energy sector, sentiment was mixed: Greenvolt led the gains, rising 1.12% to €8.15, along with Galp rising 0.26% to €11.67, on a day when oil trading in the international market was marked by volatile gains and losses. REN shares fell 0.19% to 2.56 euros.
Among the heavyweights, EDP and EDP Renováveis fell 0.83% to €4.55 and 2.19% to €21.39, respectively.Investor digest A series of novelties is coming from the group led by Miguel Stillwell D’Andrade. EDP Renováveis has won two new projects in the USAWhile the parent company completed the sale of the Mascaranas Hydropower Plant in Brazil.
Finally, in retail, Jerónimo Martins fell 0.48% to €20.52, while Sonae fell 0.74% to €0.94.
Due to the holiday, on the occasion of the Immaculate Conception of Our Lady, the trading volume has decreased slightly compared to the previous session from 150,607,606 points this Wednesday to 112,970,404 points.