Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.31%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 2.90% or 0.0690 points to trade at 2.4520 at the close. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 2.36% or 0.0850 points to end at 3.6940 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 1.85% or 0.0060 points to 0.3310 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which lost 1.51% or 0.215 points to trade at 14.030 in late trade. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) declined 0.94% or 0.0510 points to end at 5.3850 and Semapa (LS:SEM) shed 0.87% or 0.1400 points to 15.9100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was down 0.14% or 0.07 to $50.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.46% or 0.22 to hit $47.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 1.67 to trade at $1278.03 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1694, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.9102.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 93.97.