Portugal stocks lower at close of trade; PSI down 0.41%

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Utilities , Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI fell 0.41%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:RENE ), which rose 0.64% or 0.02 points to trade at 2.38 at the close. Meanwhile, Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS ) added 0.56% or 0.02 points to end at 3.58 and Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP ) was unchanged 0.54% or 0.00 points to 0.41 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA ), which fell 10.78% or 0.37 points to trade at 3.08 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS ) declined 2.43% or 0.18 points to end at 7.22 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT ) was down 1.54% or 0.26 points to 16.57.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 15 to 12 and 8 ended unchanged.

Shares in Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP ) unchanged to 5-year highs; unchanged 0.54% or 0.00 to 0.41.

Brent oil for November delivery was down 1.08% or 0.85 to $77.81 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.06% or 0.80 to hit $74.73 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.49% or 12.40 to trade at $2,540.50 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.01% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.51% at 100.96.

Source: Investing.com