Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 2.35% or 0.1200 points to trade at 5.2200 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 1.79% or 0.200 points to end at 11.400 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was up 1.13% or 0.0540 points to 4.8220 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which lost 0.84% or 0.1250 points to trade at 14.8150 in late trade. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 0.63% or 0.0015 points to end at 0.2380 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) shed 0.61% or 0.0017 points to 0.2790.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was up 2.60% or 1.75 to $69.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.42% or 1.54 to hit $65.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 10.80 to trade at $1322.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.2272, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8716.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.73.