Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 1.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 2.00% or 0.0050 points to trade at 0.2550 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 1.96% or 0.170 points to end at 8.860 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 0.68% or 0.0800 points to 11.8750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EDP (LS:EDP), which lost 2.76% or 0.0800 points to trade at 2.8200 in late trade. REN (LS:RENE) declined 2.73% or 0.0710 points to end at 2.5300 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) shed 2.46% or 0.1730 points to 6.8500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 28 to 13 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was up 2.16% or 1.10 to $51.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.30% or 1.12 to hit $49.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.33% or 4.15 to trade at $1265.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.02% to 1.1206, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8791.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 96.15.