Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 1.39% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Semapa (LS:SEM), which rose 1.14% or 0.2000 points to trade at 17.7000 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) added 0.04% or 0.0001 points to end at 0.2503 and REN (LS:RENE) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to 2.4240 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which lost 5.66% or 0.0480 points to trade at 0.8000 in late trade. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 4.32% or 0.1050 points to end at 2.3250 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) shed 3.66% or 0.6400 points to 16.8350.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 10 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.97% or 0.76 to $77.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.25% or 0.87 to hit $69.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.24% or 2.90 to trade at $1202.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.1623, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.9006.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.25% at 95.13.