The Lisbon stock exchange opened the session in negative territory, with the PSI falling 0.43% to 9,339.85 points. Among the companies that penalized the index the most were BCP, which fell 1.27% to 1.1675 euros, REN with a drop of 0.58% to 3.420 euros, Jerónimo Martins slipping 0.57% to 17.56 euros, EDP sliding 0.48% to 4.953 euros and Mota-Engil retreating 0.21% to 4.790 euros.
On the contrary, Semapa managed a gain of 1.72% to 20.70 euros, NOS gained 0.57% to 5.315 euros and Corticeira Amorim increased 0.57% to 7.05 euros.
The main European markets were also trading in the red, with the German DAX falling 0.18% to 25,564.50 points, the French CAC40 losing 0.41% to 8,084.51 points and the Spanish Ibex35 dropping 0.37% to 19,490.07 points.
In the commodities market, Texas WTI oil rose 1.98% to 103.43 dollars per barrel and Brent gained 1.92% to 107.68 dollars. Natural gas increased 0.45% to 2.896 dollars. In the foreign exchange market, the euro depreciated 0.14% against the dollar, settling at 1.1534 dollars.
