Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 1.90% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 9.20% or 0.0160 points to trade at 0.1900 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) added 5.86% or 0.0697 points to end at 1.2597 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 4.40% or 0.0320 points to 0.7600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR), which lost 1.05% or 0.0630 points to trade at 5.9110 in late trade. Montepio (LS:MPIO) unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to end at 0.430 and Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) gained 0.18% or 0.0020 points to 1.1300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 38 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 1.15% or 0.62 to $53.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.57% or 0.80 to hit $50.13 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.67% or 7.85 to trade at $1177.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.29% to 1.0749, while EUR/GBP rose 0.99% to 0.8536.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 100.33.