Portugal stocks lower at close of trade; PSI down 0.65%

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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI lost 0.65% to hit a new 1-month low.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Altri SGPS SA (ELI:ALSS ), which rose 1.68% or 0.09 points to trade at 5.13 at the close. Meanwhile, The Navigator Company SA (ELI:NVGR ) added 1.03% or 0.04 points to end at 3.73 and Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA ) was up 0.57% or 0.01 points to 2.48 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR ), which fell 3.59% or 0.56 points to trade at 15.03 at the close. EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP ) declined 1.79% or 0.07 points to end at 4.01 and Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS ) was down 1.10% or 0.04 points to 3.61.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 14 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for December delivery was up 0.29% or 0.21 to $73.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.36% or 0.25 to hit $70.08 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 18.30 to trade at $2,672.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 101.26.

Source: Investing.com