Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.26%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 1.84% or 0.1100 points to trade at 6.1000 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 1.47% or 0.0040 points to end at 0.2765 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 0.97% or 0.0350 points to 3.6300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which fell 2.96% or 0.0300 points to trade at 0.9820 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 1.89% or 0.2750 points to end at 14.2650 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was down 0.89% or 0.0100 points to 1.1180.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 22 to 17 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for July delivery was down 0.26% or 0.19 to $72.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $67.34 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1305.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1966, while EUR/GBP fell 0.14% to 0.8796.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 92.46.