Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.12%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 4.01% or 0.0120 points to trade at 0.3110 at the close. Meanwhile, The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 1.99% or 0.0710 points to end at 3.6320 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 1.48% or 0.0540 points to 3.7050 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP (LS:EDP), which fell 1.01% or 0.0330 points to trade at 3.2230 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 0.63% or 0.0900 points to end at 14.1050 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was down 0.45% or 0.0240 points to 5.3350.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 27 to 11 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was up 1.20% or 0.64 to $54.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.03% or 0.50 to hit $49.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.73 to trade at $1342.77 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1932, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.9137.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.22% at 92.08.