Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which rose 1.35% or 0.0710 points to trade at 5.3410 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP (LS:EDP) added 1.11% or 0.0330 points to end at 3.0030 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was up 1.01% or 0.115 points to 11.515 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 7.10% or 0.0260 points to trade at 0.3400 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 1.76% or 0.0580 points to end at 3.2300 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was down 1.56% or 0.0820 points to 5.1630.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 15 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 0.35% or 0.22 to $61.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.57% or 0.32 to hit $55.38 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.69 to trade at $1278.21 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1797, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8954.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.74.