Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which rose 1.76% or 0.200 points to trade at 11.550 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) added 1.29% or 0.0620 points to end at 4.8700 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 1.15% or 0.1650 points to 14.4750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Semapa (LS:SEM), which lost 2.13% or 0.4000 points to trade at 18.3400 in late trade. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 1.67% or 0.0035 points to end at 0.2055 and EDP (LS:EDP) shed 1.62% or 0.0520 points to 3.1490.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 10 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 1.42% or 1.01 to $72.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.94% or 1.27 to hit $66.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.26% or 17.00 to trade at $1362.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2380, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 89.15.