Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Semapa (LS:SEM), which rose 2.00% or 0.3000 points to trade at 15.3000 at the close. Meanwhile, Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 1.22% or 0.1700 points to end at 14.1450 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 0.68% or 0.0060 points to 0.8880 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 2.90% or 0.0080 points to trade at 0.2680 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) declined 1.62% or 0.0940 points to end at 5.7050 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was down 1.35% or 0.0600 points to 4.3810.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 24 to 14 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Semapa (LS:SEM) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.00% or 0.3000 to 15.3000. Shares in Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 0.68% or 0.0060 to 0.8880.
Brent oil for July delivery was up 3.30% or 1.61 to $50.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 3.55% or 1.63 to hit $47.51 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.44% or 5.32 to trade at $1221.42 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.03% to 1.0871, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8403.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 99.45.