Lisbon, Dec. 17, 2025 (Lusa) - The Lisbon stock market maintained its opening trend on Wednesday and traded higher, with EDP Renováveis shares rising 1.79% to €11.94.
At around 9:50 a.m. in Lisbon, the PSI was up 0.61% to 8,110.85 points, against a new high since January 2010 of 8,484.01 points recorded on 5 November, with 11 stocks rising, three falling and two remaining unchanged (Ibersol at €9.90 and Teixeira Duarte at €0.67).
EDP Renováveis shares were followed by Galp, REN and BCP, which also rose, 0.85% to €14.27, 0.77% to €3.28 and 0.76% to €0.87.
Following the same trend, EDP, Altri and NOS shares rose by 0.76% to €3.84, 0.47% to €4.32 and 0.39% to €3.88, respectively.
Mota-Engil and CTT shares rose 0.25% to €4.85 and 0.13% to €7.46.
The other two shares that rose in price were Jerónimo Martins (+0.10% to €19.97) and Navigator (+0.07% to €3.03).
In contrast, Corticeira Amorim, Semapa and Sonae shares fell 0.76% to €6.50, 0.47% to €16.86 and 0.25% to €1.61.
The main European stock markets were up today, pending the final November reading of the eurozone CPI, whose year-on-year rate is expected to be 2.2% and the underlying rate 2.4%.
If the November figures for eurozone inflation are confirmed, with a year-on-year rate of 2.2% and an underlying rate of 2.4%, they are considered by the European Central Bank (ECB) to be in a ‘comfort zone’. The ECB began its monetary policy meeting today and will announce its decision on interest rates on Thursday, with the market anticipating that they will remain unchanged.
In Asia, the Tokyo stock market closed mixed today, amid investor caution ahead of the Bank of Japan's (BoJ) two-day monetary policy meeting, which begins on Thursday, and expectations that the entity will raise interest rates for the first time since January.
Wall Street closed lower on Tuesday after the announcement that US unemployment rose to 4.6% in November, the highest figure in four years.
Another focus of market attention will be the Bank of England meeting, also on Thursday, with the market expecting the bank to cut its key rate by 25 basis points.
Brent, the benchmark crude oil in Europe, for delivery in February 2026, is rising to $59.64, compared to $58.92 in the previous session.
The euro fell to $1.1716 on the Frankfurt foreign exchange market, compared to $1.1764 on Tuesday and the new four-year high of $1.1865 recorded on 16 September.
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