Lisbon, July 1, 2026 (Lusa) - The Lisbon stock market maintained its opening trend on Wednesday and traded modestly below the break-even mark more than an hour later, in line with the main European stock exchanges.
At 9:15 a.m. in Lisbon, the PSI stood at 9,095.87 points, down 0.40%, with 12 listed companies seeing their share prices fall and four rising.
NOS and REN recorded the largest movements, with both stocks rising more than 1%. The telecoms firm fell by 1.09% to €4.99, whilst the energy company dropped by 1.06% to €3.73.
Navigator followed, rising 0.74% to €3.20, along with EDP Renewables, which rose 0.64% to €14.08, and EDP and Teixeira Duarte, both rising 0.57% to €4.56 and €0.53 respectively.
Altri, which fell by 0.53% to €4.73, was followed by Sonae, which, having lost 0.50%, was trading at €2.01.
Also advancing were Mota-Engil (-0.34% to €4.65), Galp (-0.30% to €18.59), BCP (-0.24% to €1.03) and Jerónimo Martins (-0.06% to €16.75).
Conversely, Semapa led the gains, rising by 0.49% to €20.40.
Behind it were CTT, which rose 0.45% to €5.81, Ibersol, which gained 0.30% to €9.88, and Corticeira Amorim, which rose 0.16% to €6.40.
The main European stock markets are trading more cautiously today after closing the first half of the year with gains, as was the case in New York.
On Tuesday, the Dow Jones recorded its best first half of the year, rising by 8.85%, whilst the S&P 500 gained 9.6% and the Nasdaq 12.8%, a trend driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and the progress made by small businesses.
Alongside expectations regarding the negotiations between the United States and Iran over the conflict, investors are also awaiting Warsh’s speech at the European Central Bank (ECB) forum in Sintra, which the President, Christine Lagarde, will close.
Eurostat is publishing its preliminary estimate of inflation for the eurozone in June today, whilst in the US the ADP report on employment in the country will be released, along with PMI data for the manufacturing sector.
After the speaker of parliament in Iran defended the country’s sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, which he described as its greatest instrument of power, the price of a barrel of Brent crude, the benchmark for Europe, rose and returned to above $73.
The euro is trading at $1.139, whilst gold has eased by 1.15% to $3,962.82 per ounce, and bitcoin has stabilised at $58,576.
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