Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 1.39% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Semapa (LS:SEM), which rose 1.14% or 0.2000 points to trade at 17.7000 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) added 0.04% or 0.0001 points to end at 0.2503 and REN (LS:RENE) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to 2.4240 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which fell 5.66% or 0.0480 points to trade at 0.8000 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 4.32% or 0.1050 points to end at 2.3250 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was down 3.66% or 0.6400 points to 16.8350.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 26 to 10 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.32% or 0.1050 to 2.3250.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.97% or 0.76 to $77.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.25% or 0.87 to hit $69.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.00 to trade at $1202.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1623, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.9006.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 95.13.