Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 1.14% or 0.0033 points to trade at 0.2924 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 0.43% or 0.0750 points to end at 17.4000 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 0.42% or 0.0300 points to 7.1000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which fell 0.96% or 0.0440 points to trade at 4.5500 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 0.87% or 0.0350 points to end at 3.9850 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 0.85% or 0.0300 points to 3.4900.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.27% or 0.19 to $69.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.39% or 0.25 to hit $63.98 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 2.00 to trade at $1335.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.19% to 1.2238, while EUR/GBP fell 0.47% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 90.31.