Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 1.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banif SA (LS:BANIF), which rose 3.33% or 0.0001 points to trade at 0.0030 at the close. Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) added 2.46% or 0.0260 points to end at 1.0820 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 1.70% or 0.0700 points to 4.1780 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 6.01% or 0.0035 points to trade at 0.0547 in late trade. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 2.35% or 0.0080 points to end at 0.3320 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) shed 2.34% or 0.2400 points to 10.0000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 39 to 17 on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.41% or 0.69 to $48.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.14% or 0.99 to hit $45.30 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.98% or 11.50 to trade at $1166.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1342, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.7345.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 95.03.