Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS:RAMA), which rose 2.08% or 0.200 points to trade at 9.800 at the close. Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO) added 1.69% or 0.0150 points to end at 0.9050 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 1.42% or 0.0300 points to 2.1450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which lost 1.32% or 0.0100 points to trade at 0.7460 in late trade. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 1.28% or 0.2200 points to end at 16.9500 and Semapa (LS:SEM) shed 0.81% or 0.1400 points to 17.1000.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 14 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.18% or 0.15 to $81.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.55% or 0.40 to hit $71.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.51% or 6.10 to trade at $1199.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1746, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8915.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 93.85.