Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Financials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.07%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 13.19% or 0.8800 points to trade at 7.5500 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) added 4.63% or 0.9100 points to end at 20.5500 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was up 2.58% or 0.1350 points to 5.3750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 1.64% or 0.0047 points to trade at 0.2816 in late trade. REN (LS:RENE) declined 1.36% or 0.0360 points to end at 2.6140 and EDP (LS:EDP) shed 1.16% or 0.0400 points to 3.4000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 14 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $78.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.39% or 0.28 to hit $71.03 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.20 to trade at $1290.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.1807, while EUR/GBP fell 0.23% to 0.8745.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.10% at 93.23.