Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Basic Materials 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 Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which rose 1.76% or 0.200 points to trade at 11.550 at the close. Meanwhile, Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) added 1.29% or 0.0620 points to end at 4.8700 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 1.15% or 0.1650 points to 14.4750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semapa (LS:SEM), which fell 2.13% or 0.4000 points to trade at 18.3400 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 1.67% or 0.0035 points to end at 0.2055 and EDP (LS:EDP) was down 1.62% or 0.0520 points to 3.1490.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 10 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 1.42% or 1.01 to $72.05 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.94% or 1.27 to hit $66.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.26% or 17.00 to trade at $1362.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.2379, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.15.