Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.32% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 7.01% or 0.2030 points to trade at 3.1000 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) added 4.08% or 0.0094 points to end at 0.2398 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 2.04% or 0.0070 points to 0.3500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which fell 1.45% or 0.0740 points to trade at 5.0180 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 1.31% or 0.0690 points to end at 5.1940 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was down 0.96% or 0.1450 points to 14.9250.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 15 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) rose to 52-week highs; rising 7.01% or 0.2030 to 3.1000.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.59% or 0.34 to $57.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.50% or 0.26 to hit $52.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.97% or 12.67 to trade at $1289.03 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1751, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8771.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 93.18.