Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 2.86% or 0.0090 points to trade at 0.3240 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 2.08% or 0.0490 points to end at 2.4080 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 1.22% or 0.2000 points to 16.6600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 1.68% or 0.0037 points to trade at 0.2163 at the close. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) declined 1.06% or 0.0080 points to end at 0.7500 and EDP (LS:EDP) was down 1.03% or 0.0330 points to 3.1850.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 14 and 10 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.87% or 0.45 to $51.21 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.09% or 0.04 to hit $46.48 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.41% or 5.42 to trade at $1313.48 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.1906, while EUR/GBP fell 0.62% to 0.9208.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 92.73.