Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.85%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 5.26% or 0.0130 points to trade at 0.2600 at the close. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 0.79% or 0.0080 points to end at 1.0200 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 0.28% or 0.0100 points to 3.5750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which lost 2.17% or 0.250 points to trade at 11.250 in late trade. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 2.11% or 0.1300 points to end at 6.0200 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) shed 2.08% or 0.3350 points to 15.7800.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 17 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.45% or 0.33 to $73.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $67.72 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.72% or 9.60 to trade at $1323.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.43% to 1.2181, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.8735.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 90.94.