Lisbon, June 5, 2026 (Lusa) - The Lisbon stock market reversed its opening trend on Thursday and was trading lower, with Ibersol falling 6.56% to €10.54.
At around 09:20 in Lisbon, the PSI, which had opened higher, was down 0.20% at 8,901.46 points, with eight companies falling, seven rising and one unchanged (Mota-Engil at €4.56).
Ibersol will distribute a gross dividend of €0.70 per share from 9 June, relating to the 2025 financial year, meaning that shares will trade ex-dividend from today.
The company, which operates fast-food restaurants such as KFC and Pizza Hut, is maintaining the dividend payout for 2025 relating to the 2024 financial year.
The total amount to be distributed amounts to around €28.6 million.
Ibersol shares were followed by those of NOS and EDP Renováveis, which fell by 1.12% to €4.94, 0.71% to €14.02 and 0.37% to €0.98, respectively.
Semapa and Sonae also fell, by 0.22% to €23 and 0.21% to €1.87, respectively, as did Altri and Galp, which dropped by 0.10% to €4.89 and 0.05% to €18.11.
Conversely, REN and Teixeira Duarte both rose by 0.73% to €3.45 and €0.42, respectively.
Following the same trend, Jerónimo Martins, EDP and CTT rose by 0.68% to €17.83, 0.43% to €4.39 and 0.42% to €5.99, as did Corticeira Amorim (0.31% to €6.40) and Navigator (up 0.24% to €3.39).
In Europe, the main stock markets opened mixed amid conflicting reports on peace in Iran: negotiations are stalled in Tehran, whilst US President Donald Trump says an agreement could be reached this weekend.
The price of Brent crude, the European benchmark, for August delivery, fell 0.39% to $94.68.
News that Israel and Lebanon had reached an agreement to extend the ceasefire, conditional on the pro- Hezbollah not attacking Israel again, and the ‘leak’ that Trump would not restart the war against Iran unless a member of the US military died as a result of an attack by Tehran, led to a fall in oil prices on Thursday after three consecutive days of rises.
Trump stated that he would be willing to meet in person with Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, if an agreement were reached to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
Dow Jones and Nasdaq futures are down 0.02% and 1.32% respectively, after the former closed up 1.73% on Thursday at a new all-time high and the latter down 0.09%.
Today, the US Department of Labour is releasing the non-farm payrolls report for May, and markets expect the unemployment rate to have remained stable at 4.3%.
The euro is stronger, climbing 0.16% to $1.1629 on the Frankfurt foreign exchange market.
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