Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR), which rose 2.93% or 0.2250 points to trade at 7.9050 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 2.63% or 0.0060 points to end at 0.2340 and EDP (LS:EDP) was up 2.54% or 0.0760 points to 3.0710 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 6.03% or 0.2100 points to trade at 3.2700 in late trade. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 2.72% or 0.0075 points to end at 0.2687 and Semapa (LS:SEM) shed 2.56% or 0.4800 points to 18.2400.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 1.47% or 1.02 to $68.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.73% or 1.13 to hit $64.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.14% or 15.30 to trade at $1326.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.48% to 1.2344, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 89.47.