Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 1.33% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.3050 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (LS:SEM) added 0.81% or 0.1400 points to end at 17.3600 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was up 0.78% or 0.115 points to 14.765 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 1.25% or 0.0030 points to trade at 0.2370 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 0.94% or 0.1250 points to end at 13.1850 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was down 0.84% or 0.0080 points to 0.9430.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 13 and 9 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was down 2.39% or 1.10 to $44.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.14% or 0.93 to hit $42.58 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 2.94 to trade at $1246.44 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1143, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.02% at 97.38.