Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.78%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banif SA (LS:BANIF), which rose 4.00% or 0.0001 points to trade at 0.0025 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 3.51% or 0.3380 points to end at 9.9550 and Impresa SGPS (LS:IMPA) was up 3.26% or 0.0180 points to 0.5700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which lost 1.59% or 0.1180 points to trade at 7.3090 in late trade. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) declined 1.21% or 0.1110 points to end at 9.0520 and Portucel (LS:PTI) shed 0.29% or 0.0110 points to 3.7910.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 29 to 20 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was down 0.29% or 0.12 to $43.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 1.30% or 0.53 to hit $40.14 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.08% or 0.90 to trade at $1067.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.0643, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.6992.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 99.76.