Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI declined 0.60% to hit a new 6-months low.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS), which rose 0.74% or 0.03 points to trade at 3.39 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR) added 0.28% or 0.03 points to end at 10.67 and Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS) was up 0.27% or 0.02 points to 7.48 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP), which fell 1.29% or 0.20 points to trade at 15.30 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT) declined 1.02% or 0.05 points to end at 4.38 and The Navigator Company SA (ELI:NVGR) was down 0.92% or 0.03 points to 3.45.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 12 and 2 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was up 0.42% or 0.30 to $72.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.40% or 0.27 to hit $68.39 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.60% or 15.65 to trade at $2,590.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.20% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 106.31.