Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.31%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 2.90% or 0.0690 points to trade at 2.4520 at the close. Meanwhile, The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 2.36% or 0.0850 points to end at 3.6940 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 1.85% or 0.0060 points to 0.3310 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which fell 1.51% or 0.215 points to trade at 14.030 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) declined 0.94% or 0.0510 points to end at 5.3850 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was down 0.87% or 0.1400 points to 15.9100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 20 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 0.12% or 0.06 to $50.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.46% or 0.22 to hit $47.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.56 to trade at $1278.14 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1694, while EUR/GBP fell 0.18% to 0.9102.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 93.97.