Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 2.19% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 0.04% or 0.0001 points to trade at 0.2266 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) fell 0.03% or 0.0050 points to end at 16.5050 and EDP (LS:EDP) was down 0.32% or 0.0100 points to 3.1400 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which lost 10.83% or 0.9500 points to trade at 7.8200 in late trade. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) declined 7.14% or 0.3000 points to end at 3.9000 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) shed 5.49% or 0.1040 points to 1.7900.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 28 to 5 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.96% or 1.67 to $83.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.31% or 1.73 to hit $73.23 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1192.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.1543, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8738.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 95.06.