Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.89% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 2.55% or 0.0060 points to trade at 0.2415 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 2.19% or 0.2850 points to end at 13.2950 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 2.01% or 0.0036 points to 0.1828 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which lost 0.59% or 0.0850 points to trade at 14.2400 in late trade. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 0.36% or 0.0200 points to end at 5.6000 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) shed 0.31% or 0.0060 points to 1.9360.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 10 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was up 1.05% or 0.65 to $62.63 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.73% or 0.39 to hit $54.05 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.25 to trade at $1315.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.30% to 1.1378, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.8781.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 96.028.