Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 7.45% or 0.0130 points to trade at 0.1876 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 2.37% or 0.3350 points to end at 14.4750 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was up 1.46% or 0.120 points to 8.340 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO), which lost 3.07% or 0.0275 points to trade at 0.8670 in late trade. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 1.88% or 0.180 points to end at 9.380 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) shed 1.20% or 0.0200 points to 1.6440.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was up 1.30% or 0.85 to $66.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.11% or 0.62 to hit $56.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 4.40 to trade at $1203.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.01% to 1.1289, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8735.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 97.06.