Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.44%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 1.00% or 0.0900 points to trade at 9.0600 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) added 0.43% or 0.0150 points to end at 3.5050 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 0.27% or 0.0007 points to 0.2581 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 2.27% or 0.0700 points to trade at 3.0200 in late trade. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) declined 2.03% or 0.250 points to end at 12.050 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) shed 1.48% or 0.2550 points to 17.0100.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 8 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was down 3.60% or 2.84 to $76.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.55% or 1.89 to hit $72.22 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.72% or 9.00 to trade at $1246.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1704, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8851.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 94.24.