Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 1.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco BPI (LS:BBPI), which rose 4.90% or 0.0590 points to trade at 1.2630 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 4.20% or 0.4600 points to end at 11.4100 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 3.83% or 0.0690 points to 1.8690 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 3.26% or 0.0013 points to trade at 0.0386 in late trade. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 2.17% or 0.0030 points to end at 0.1350 and Montepio (LS:MPIO) shed 1.53% or 0.009 points to 0.580.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 36 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.55% or 0.22 to $40.07 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.03% or 0.01 to hit $38.27 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.61% or 7.60 to trade at $1229.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1330, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.7872.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 94.84.