Lisbon, June 17, 2026 (Lusa) - The Lisbon stock market continued its opening trend on Wednesday, falling by 0.66% minutes after the first hour of trading, as European markets traded without a clear direction.
At 9:20 a.m. in Lisbon, the PSI, Portugal’s main index, stood at 8,961.26 points, down 0.68%, with 12 listed companies falling and four in positive territory.
NOS led the list of most actively traded stocks, falling by 1.81% to €5.16, followed by Ibersol, down 1.71% to €10.32, and REN, which fell by 1.69% to €3.50, and EDP, which rounded off the list of companies with movements of over 1% (-1.33% to €4.32).
Navigator fell by 0.97%, compared with the opening price, to €3.48; Galp recorded a fall of 0.84% to €18.29; Sonae fell by 0.81% to €1.96; and EDP Renewables fell by 0.75% to €13.21.
Shares of CTT also traded 0.50% lower at €5.97, Jerónimo Martins fell 0.34% to €17.61, Corticeira Amorim dropped 0.30% to €6.60 and Altri fell 0.20% to €5.06.
Conversely, BCP was the best-performing stock, rising by 0.57% to €0.99.
Following suit were Semapa, which gained 0.44% to €22.6, Teixeira Duarte, which rose 0.43% to €0.46, and Mota-Engil, which climbed 0.25% to €4.73.
The main European stock markets opened today without a clear direction, whilst awaiting the decision on the future of US monetary policy and following strong results the previous day due to the agreement to end the conflict in Iran.
The market now looks to the conclusion of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting, which will decide on the future of US monetary policy.
At the first meeting with the newly appointed chair, Kevin Warsh, analysts expect the decision to keep key interest rates unchanged at 3.50%-3.75%.
Investors are also awaiting further details and are looking forward to the signing of the peace agreement in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday.
The price of a barrel of Brent crude, the benchmark for Europe, fell again today, trading 0.7% below the previous day’s level at $78, whilst the US benchmark, WTI, fell by 1% to $75.
In other markets, gold was trading at $4,329, virtually unchanged, and bitcoin at $65,517.59.
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