Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 3.00% or 0.1050 points to trade at 3.6100 at the close. Meanwhile, Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 2.63% or 0.300 points to end at 11.700 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 1.34% or 0.1000 points to 7.5450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which fell 1.79% or 0.0170 points to trade at 0.9310 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 1.68% or 0.0049 points to end at 0.2861 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was down 1.66% or 0.0040 points to 0.2370.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 20 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 1.34% or 0.1000 to 7.5450.
Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.26% or 0.17 to $64.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.25% or 0.15 to hit $60.86 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.00 to trade at $1325.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.11% to 1.2377, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8856.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 89.67.