Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae (LS:YSO), which rose 1.15% or 0.0140 points to trade at 1.2270 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 0.42% or 0.050 points to end at 12.000 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 0.40% or 0.0140 points to 3.5540 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 2.22% or 0.0074 points to trade at 0.3265 in late trade. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) declined 1.47% or 0.0680 points to end at 4.5720 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) shed 1.36% or 0.0700 points to 5.0700.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.10% or 0.07 to $69.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.56% or 0.36 to hit $64.83 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.22% or 16.30 to trade at $1353.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.74% to 1.2389, while EUR/GBP fell 0.63% to 0.8728.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.83% at 89.13.