Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Financials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 1.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which rose 1.12% or 0.0350 points to trade at 3.1660 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 0.25% or 0.020 points to end at 7.940 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 0.13% or 0.0020 points to 1.5900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 3.58% or 0.0405 points to trade at 1.0900 in late trade. Montepio (LS:MPIO) declined 3.39% or 0.015 points to end at 0.428 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) shed 2.77% or 0.1660 points to 5.8240.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 25 to 6 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 1.65% or 0.92 to $54.80 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.93% or 1.02 to hit $51.96 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.50% or 5.75 to trade at $1164.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.0659, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8395.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 100.84.