Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.78% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which rose 3.23% or 0.1570 points to trade at 5.0250 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) added 2.41% or 0.0270 points to end at 1.1490 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 2.38% or 0.1300 points to 5.6000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included F.Rama (LS:RAMA), which lost 1.60% or 0.200 points to trade at 12.300 in late trade. EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) declined 1.06% or 0.0850 points to end at 7.9200 and Semapa (LS:SEM) shed 0.43% or 0.0800 points to 18.6400.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 1.52% or 1.09 to $72.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.77% or 1.18 to hit $67.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.30 to trade at $1354.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.14% to 1.2387, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.8710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 89.28.