Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Telecoms 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 Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 4.74% or 0.1680 points to trade at 3.7140 at the close. Meanwhile, CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 2.87% or 0.0900 points to end at 3.2250 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 0.92% or 0.0080 points to 0.8750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 1.92% or 0.0051 points to trade at 0.2612 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 1.78% or 0.210 points to end at 11.600 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was down 1.35% or 0.2150 points to 15.7450.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 14 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) rose to 3-years highs; rising 4.74% or 0.1680 to 3.7140.
Brent oil for February delivery was down 2.15% or 1.35 to $61.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.43% or 1.40 to hit $56.22 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1267.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1794, while EUR/GBP rose 0.27% to 0.8821.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.31% at 93.56.