Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.33%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR), which rose 2.93% or 0.2250 points to trade at 7.9050 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 2.63% or 0.0060 points to end at 0.2340 and EDP (LS:EDP) was up 2.54% or 0.0760 points to 3.0710 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 6.03% or 0.2100 points to trade at 3.2700 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 2.72% or 0.0075 points to end at 0.2687 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was down 2.56% or 0.4800 points to 18.2400.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 24 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) rose to 5-year highs; up 2.93% or 0.2250 to 7.9050.
Brent oil for June delivery was down 1.47% or 1.02 to $68.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.73% or 1.13 to hit $64.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.14% or 15.30 to trade at $1326.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.2343, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 89.47.