Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR), which rose 0.35% or 0.0240 points to trade at 6.8100 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP (LS:EDP) added 0.32% or 0.0100 points to end at 3.1680 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 0.18% or 0.0300 points to 17.0800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which fell 2.66% or 0.0220 points to trade at 0.8040 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 2.35% or 0.0080 points to end at 0.3320 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was down 2.33% or 0.0230 points to 0.9630.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 24 to 12 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.58% or 0.30 to $52.44 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.35% or 0.17 to hit $49.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.20% or 15.20 to trade at $1277.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.1744, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.9036.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 93.51.