Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 4.32% or 0.0080 points to trade at 0.1930 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 1.76% or 0.0540 points to end at 3.1290 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 0.51% or 0.0750 points to 14.8700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 3.43% or 0.0434 points to trade at 1.2220 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 1.42% or 0.0380 points to end at 2.6470 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was down 0.86% or 0.0150 points to 1.7200.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 25 to 20 and 10 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $46.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.20% or 0.09 to hit $45.90 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.24% or 2.95 to trade at $1227.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.0699, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8600.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 100.32.