Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Technology, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI declined 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT), which rose 2.25% or 0.43 points to trade at 19.57 at the close. Meanwhile, CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT) added 1.93% or 0.09 points to end at 4.48 and EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP) was up 1.00% or 0.04 points to 3.62 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA), which fell 4.06% or 0.15 points to trade at 3.54 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP) declined 2.87% or 0.01 points to end at 0.39 and Corticeira Amorim (ELI:CORA) was down 1.23% or 0.12 points to 9.67.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 14 to 14 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.47% or 1.23 to $84.96 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.96% or 1.56 to hit $81.27 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 1.55 to trade at $2,466.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.30% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 103.54.