Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.74% 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 6.04% or 0.3490 points to trade at 6.1270 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) added 2.79% or 0.0190 points to end at 0.7000 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 1.85% or 0.1360 points to 7.4800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 5.10% or 0.0010 points to trade at 0.0186 in late trade. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 1.10% or 0.0020 points to end at 0.1790 and Montepio (LS:MPIO) shed 0.63% or 0.003 points to 0.477.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 35 to 15 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was down 2.54% or 1.15 to $44.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.26% or 0.97 to hit $41.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.44% or 5.85 to trade at $1334.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0992, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8380.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.31.