Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Semapa (LS:SEM), which rose 3.04% or 0.5600 points to trade at 18.9600 at the close. Meanwhile, CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 1.24% or 0.0380 points to end at 3.0920 and F.Rama (LS:RAMA) was up 0.78% or 0.100 points to 12.900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 2.00% or 0.0650 points to trade at 3.1800 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 1.33% or 0.1950 points to end at 14.4200 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was down 1.31% or 0.140 points to 10.580.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 15 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.47% or 0.32 to $67.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.39% or 0.25 to hit $63.26 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.30 to trade at $1340.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2296, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8732.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 89.69.