Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Semapa (LS:SEM), which rose 3.04% or 0.5600 points to trade at 18.9600 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 1.24% or 0.0380 points to end at 3.0920 and F.Rama (LS:RAMA) was up 0.78% or 0.100 points to 12.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 2.00% or 0.0650 points to trade at 3.1800 in late trade. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 1.33% or 0.1950 points to end at 14.4200 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) shed 1.31% or 0.140 points to 10.580.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 15 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.48% or 0.33 to $67.79 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.46% or 0.29 to hit $63.22 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 3.30 to trade at $1340.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.21% to 1.2297, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8732.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 89.69.