Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 2.37% or 0.212 points to trade at 9.140 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) added 1.42% or 0.0400 points to end at 2.8540 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was up 0.44% or 0.0030 points to 0.6800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which lost 1.46% or 0.0860 points to trade at 5.8110 in late trade. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) declined 1.04% or 0.0270 points to end at 2.5730 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) shed 0.91% or 0.1450 points to 15.8100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 20 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.99% or 0.52 to $51.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.26% or 0.64 to hit $50.15 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.13% or 1.65 to trade at $1254.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1025, while EUR/GBP fell 1.15% to 0.9013.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 97.85.