Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 2.67% or 0.1070 points to trade at 4.1190 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 2.16% or 0.0180 points to end at 0.8530 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 1.14% or 0.0810 points to 7.2000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 2.39% or 0.0080 points to trade at 0.3270 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 1.81% or 0.0042 points to end at 0.2280 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was down 1.28% or 0.0130 points to 1.0020.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 20 to 15 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was up 2.05% or 1.13 to $56.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.02% or 1.01 to hit $50.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.48% or 6.27 to trade at $1316.87 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.2003, while EUR/GBP fell 0.51% to 0.8838.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 91.47.