Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.08%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 1.66% or 0.0600 points to trade at 3.6780 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP (LS:EDP) added 0.98% or 0.0280 points to end at 2.8970 and REN (LS:RENE) was up 0.61% or 0.0150 points to 2.4640 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which fell 3.04% or 0.330 points to trade at 10.520 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) declined 1.54% or 0.185 points to end at 11.800 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was down 1.34% or 0.0710 points to 5.2220.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 28 to 11 and 2 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.86% or 0.57 to $65.89 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.73% or 0.44 to hit $59.53 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1290.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.1897, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8880.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 92.60.