Lisbon, Jan. 14, 2026 (Lusa) - The Lisbon stock market traded lower on Wednesday, with Jerónimo Martins falling 2.42% to €20.46 and BCP rising 1.22% to €0.90.
At around 9:45 a.m. in Lisbon, the PSI had reversed its opening trend and was down 0.14% to 8,547.07 points, with ten stocks falling and six rising.
Jerónimo Martins announced on Tuesday that the group's sales rose 7.6% year-on-year to €35.991 billion in 2025.
According to preliminary sales figures, in Portugal, Pingo Doce sales rose 5.3% year-on-year to €5.342 billion, and Recheio sales rose 3% to €1.398 billion.
In Poland, sales at the Biedronka chain rose 7.5% to €25.343 billion and those at the Hebe health and beauty chain rose 7.4% to €626 million.
In Colombia, the Ara chain saw sales rise 13.2% to €3.228 billion.
Jerónimo Martins shares were followed by those of CTT, Semapa and Sonae, which also fell in value, namely 0.82% to £7.23, 0.68% to £22.05 and 0.60% to £1.65.
Following the same trend, Galp, Altri and EDP Renováveis shares fell 0.56% to €16.02, 0.55% to €4.55 and 0.39% to €12.73.
Shares in Navigator, Corticeira Amorim and Ibersol fell 0.36% to €3.30, 0.29% to €6.83 and 0.20% to €9.90.
In contrast, after BCP shares, the biggest gainers were Mota-Engil, Teixeira Duarte and EDP, which advanced 0.82% to €5.03, 0.65% to €0.62 and 0.44% to €4.12, respectively.
The other two stocks that rose were NOS (0.24% to €4.18) and REN (0.15% to €3.29).
The main European stock markets opened higher today, despite geopolitical tensions and the negative trend on Wall Street the day before, as the US Supreme Court's opinion on reciprocal tariffs may be announced.
Investors also remain concerned about the independence of the US Federal Reserve (Fed) following increased tensions between US President Donald Trump and Fed Chairman Jerome Powell, who is facing a federal investigation.
Wall Street ended Tuesday lower, although year-on-year inflation in the United States remained unchanged in December, hurt by JPMorgan, the largest bank in the United States, which reported lower quarterly and annual profits.
After JPMorgan, it will be the turn of Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Citigroup to report their results today.
Similarly, retail sales and producer price index (PPI) data will be released in the United States today, although the most relevant will be the US Supreme Court's ruling on so-called reciprocal tariffs.
Awaiting all these references, in Asia, Tokyo's Nikkei rose 1.48% and surpassed the 54,000-point barrier for the first time, while Shanghai fell 0.31%.
Brent, the benchmark crude oil in Europe, for March delivery, is retreating to £64.96, down from £65.47 in the previous session.
The price of gold, historically considered a safe haven asset in times of uncertainty, remained unstoppable, with an ounce trading at $4,634.35, a new all-time high, compared to $4,590.42 on Tuesday.
The price of silver also continued to soar today, reaching $90.0950, a new all-time high, compared to $87.0509 on Tuesday.
The euro advanced to $1.1647 on the Frankfurt foreign exchange market, compared to $1.1646 on Tuesday and the new four-year high of $1.1865 recorded on 16 September last year.
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