Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which rose 1.83% or 0.1100 points to trade at 6.1100 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 1.55% or 0.0490 points to end at 3.2200 and REN (LS:RENE) was up 1.03% or 0.0270 points to 2.6420 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which fell 1.65% or 0.2100 points to trade at 12.5400 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 1.59% or 0.2530 points to end at 15.6870 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was down 1.23% or 0.0090 points to 0.7210.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 24 to 20 and 10 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.32% or 0.67 to $50.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.08% or 0.54 to hit $49.42 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.43% or 5.45 to trade at $1268.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.28% to 1.0919, while EUR/GBP fell 0.07% to 0.8928.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 98.55.