Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which rose 1.47% or 0.150 points to trade at 10.350 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) added 0.38% or 0.0010 points to end at 0.2621 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was up 0.18% or 0.020 points to 11.160 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 2.50% or 0.0750 points to trade at 2.9250 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) declined 1.74% or 0.0180 points to end at 1.0140 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was down 1.03% or 0.0025 points to 0.2410.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 7 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.79% or 0.57 to $72.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.25% or 0.17 to hit $67.33 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1226.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.1656, while EUR/GBP rose 0.35% to 0.8923.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 94.76.