Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.20%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS:RAMA), which rose 2.67% or 0.200 points to trade at 7.700 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 2.59% or 0.1500 points to end at 5.9500 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 2.12% or 0.0180 points to 0.8670 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EDP (LS:EDP), which lost 1.61% or 0.0490 points to trade at 3.0000 in late trade. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 1.22% or 0.1600 points to end at 12.9400 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) shed 0.39% or 0.0400 points to 10.3000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 11 on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 3.59% or 1.93 to $55.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 4.16% or 1.89 to hit $47.30 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.45 to trade at $1286.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.09% to 1.1337, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.9006.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.76% at 96.463.