Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco BPI (LS:BBPI), which rose 1.76% or 0.0200 points to trade at 1.1580 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 1.47% or 0.1900 points to end at 13.0950 and Impresa SGPS (LS:IMPA) was up 1.40% or 0.0070 points to 0.5070 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banif SA (LS:BANIF), which lost 4.17% or 0.0001 points to trade at 0.0024 in late trade. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 1.22% or 0.0040 points to end at 0.3230 and Teixeira Duarte (LS:TDSA) shed 0.77% or 0.0030 points to 0.3880.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 30 to 21 on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was down 3.09% or 1.38 to $43.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 3.44% or 1.44 to hit $40.41 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.14% or 12.10 to trade at $1051.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.51% to 1.0580, while EUR/GBP rose 0.53% to 0.7088.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 100.32.