Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 2.37% or 0.212 points to trade at 9.140 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP (LS:EDP) added 1.42% or 0.0400 points to end at 2.8540 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was up 0.44% or 0.0030 points to 0.6800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which fell 1.46% or 0.0860 points to trade at 5.8110 at the close. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) declined 1.04% or 0.0270 points to end at 2.5730 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was down 0.91% or 0.1450 points to 15.8100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 24 to 20 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) rose to all time highs; up 2.37% or 0.212 to 9.140.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.97% or 0.51 to $51.90 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 1.24% or 0.63 to hit $50.16 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.14% or 1.70 to trade at $1254.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1025, while EUR/GBP fell 1.14% to 0.9014.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 97.85.