Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.53% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 3.01% or 0.0180 points to trade at 0.6170 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 1.73% or 0.2500 points to end at 14.7200 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 0.76% or 0.0010 points to 0.1320 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco BPI (LS:BBPI), which lost 5.83% or 0.0720 points to trade at 1.1640 in late trade. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 4.08% or 0.0014 points to end at 0.0329 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) shed 2.83% or 0.0510 points to 1.7500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 19 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 5.18% or 1.96 to $39.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 5.13% or 1.84 to hit $37.73 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.41% or 5.10 to trade at $1224.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.1419, while EUR/GBP rose 0.42% to 0.8073.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.26% at 94.36.