Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 5.63% or 0.0240 points to trade at 0.4500 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 4.35% or 0.1500 points to end at 3.5980 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was up 2.31% or 0.1010 points to 4.4800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which fell 21.68% or 1.0960 points to trade at 3.9600 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) declined 1.73% or 0.215 points to end at 12.235 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was down 1.05% or 0.0027 points to 0.2538.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) fell to all time lows; down 21.68% or 1.0960 to 3.9600. Shares in Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.35% or 0.1500 to 3.5980. Shares in The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.31% or 0.1010 to 4.4800.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 0.64% or 0.39 to $60.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 0.20% or 0.11 to hit $54.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.49% or 6.28 to trade at $1276.78 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.15% to 1.1628, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8760.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.59.