Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 2.02% or 0.220 points to trade at 11.120 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) added 0.33% or 0.0110 points to end at 3.3710 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 0.24% or 0.0080 points to 3.3440 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO), which lost 1.64% or 0.0155 points to trade at 0.9310 in late trade. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 1.08% or 0.0900 points to end at 8.2200 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) shed 1.01% or 0.1350 points to 13.2150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 14 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was up 1.07% or 0.82 to $77.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.17% or 0.80 to hit $69.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.60 to trade at $1211.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1701, while EUR/GBP fell 0.91% to 0.9003.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 94.55.