Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.07% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which rose 1.58% or 0.2500 points to trade at 16.0950 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) added 1.07% or 0.2000 points to end at 18.8600 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was up 0.83% or 0.100 points to 12.150 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which lost 1.50% or 0.0800 points to trade at 5.2400 in late trade. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 1.08% or 0.0320 points to end at 2.9200 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) shed 0.75% or 0.0300 points to 3.9500.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 18 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.12% or 0.08 to $68.90 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.49% or 0.31 to hit $63.27 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.20 to trade at $1317.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1962, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.8852.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 92.01.