Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.09% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae (LS:YSO), which rose 2.22% or 0.0210 points to trade at 0.9660 at the close. Meanwhile, Montepio (LS:MPIO) added 1.48% or 0.007 points to end at 0.480 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 1.06% or 0.0025 points to 0.2380 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 1.88% or 0.0480 points to trade at 2.5110 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) declined 1.79% or 0.260 points to end at 14.240 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was down 1.30% or 0.0040 points to 0.3040.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 20 to 16 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.15% or 0.54 to $47.46 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 1.04% or 0.46 to hit $44.70 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 2.88 to trade at $1249.78 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1376, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8793.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 95.77.