Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR), which rose 2.05% or 0.1380 points to trade at 6.8660 at the close. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 1.14% or 0.0070 points to end at 0.6190 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 1.10% or 0.0430 points to 3.9410 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which lost 3.46% or 0.235 points to trade at 6.550 in late trade. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 3.27% or 0.0015 points to end at 0.0444 and Montepio (LS:MPIO) shed 2.52% or 0.015 points to 0.580.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 25 to 20 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was down 2.44% or 1.02 to $40.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 3.23% or 1.34 to hit $40.11 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.98% or 24.70 to trade at $1223.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.33% to 1.1180, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.7931.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.46% at 96.11.