Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 1.60% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.2534 at the close. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 1.16% or 0.0500 points to end at 4.3600 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 1.08% or 0.1400 points to 13.1500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which lost 1.07% or 0.0900 points to trade at 8.3000 in late trade. REN (LS:RENE) declined 0.98% or 0.0240 points to end at 2.4320 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) shed 0.50% or 0.0040 points to 0.7960.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 15 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for November delivery was up 0.30% or 0.24 to $79.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.18% or 0.82 to hit $70.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.20 to trade at $1209.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1687, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8876.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 94.05.