Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI added 0.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI were Sonae SGPS SA (ELI:YSO), which rose 1.40% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.94 at the close. EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR) added 1.18% or 0.13 points to end at 11.12 and Corticeira Amorim (ELI:CORA) was up 0.59% or 0.05 points to 8.51 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP), which lost 0.82% or 0.13 points to trade at 15.65 in late trade. The Navigator Company SA (ELI:NVGR) declined 0.69% or 0.02 points to end at 3.47 and Semapa (ELI:SEM) shed 0.43% or 0.06 points to 13.84.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 13 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 0.53% or 0.38 to $71.94 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 0.48% or 0.33 to hit $68.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.67% or 17.61 to trade at $2,663.91 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.88% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.98% at 105.92.