Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 2.02% or 0.220 points to trade at 11.120 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP (LS:EDP) added 0.33% or 0.0110 points to end at 3.3710 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 0.24% or 0.0080 points to 3.3440 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO), which fell 1.64% or 0.0155 points to trade at 0.9310 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 1.08% or 0.0900 points to end at 8.2200 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was down 1.01% or 0.1350 points to 13.2150.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 20 to 14 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.64% or 0.0155 to 0.9310.
Brent oil for November delivery was up 1.06% or 0.81 to $77.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.12% or 0.77 to hit $69.30 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.70 to trade at $1211.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.03% to 1.1700, while EUR/GBP fell 0.92% to 0.9002.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.55.