Lisbon, July 30, 2025 (Lusa) - The Lisbon stock market closed on Wednesday in negative territory, bucking the trend of other major European markets, with REN and Jerónimo Martins leading the losses.

Of the 15 companies listed on the benchmark PSI (Portuguese Stock Index), five closed in positive territory and the remaining 10 in negative territory.

The national benchmark index closed down 0.34% at 7,661.89 points.

Leading the PSI losses was REN, which fell 1.67% to €2.94, followed by Jerónimo Martins.

The shares of the company that owns Pingo Doce supermarkets fell 1.39% to €21.22.

CTT also suffered losses of over 1%, with its shares falling 1.22% to €7.29.

Bucking the trend and avoiding more significant losses on the PSI was Corticeira Amorim, which rose 2.09% to €7.82, one day after presenting its results to the market.

Corticeira Amorim closed the first half of the year with a profit of €36.8 million, a slight increase of 0.8% compared to €36.5 million in the same period last year.

There was also positive news for Mota-Engil, which rose 0.90% to €4.46, as well as for EDP Renováveis, which rose 0.79% to €10.27, on the day it presented its results and announced that it had closed a deal with Principia to sell four wind farms it operates in Greece, valued at €200 million.

The EDP subsidiary posted profits of €93 million in the first half of the year, down 56% year-on-year (€210 million), according to information released by the company to the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM).

Lisbon bucked the trend in other European markets on a day when Spain's IBEX-35 closed up 0.23%, Germany's DAX gained 0.19%, France's CAC-40 rose 0.06% and the British FTSE 100 gained 0.1%.

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