Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.85%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 5.26% or 0.0130 points to trade at 0.2600 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 0.79% or 0.0080 points to end at 1.0200 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 0.28% or 0.0100 points to 3.5750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which fell 2.17% or 0.250 points to trade at 11.250 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 2.11% or 0.1300 points to end at 6.0200 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was down 2.08% or 0.3350 points to 15.7800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.45% or 0.33 to $73.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $67.73 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.71% or 9.50 to trade at $1323.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.2181, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8735.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 90.94.