Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 2.38% or 0.2850 points to trade at 12.2450 at the close. Meanwhile, F.Rama (LS:RAMA) added 1.71% or 0.150 points to end at 8.900 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 1.54% or 0.0140 points to 0.9250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semapa (LS:SEM), which fell 2.42% or 0.5500 points to trade at 22.2000 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) declined 1.67% or 0.200 points to end at 11.800 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was down 0.71% or 0.080 points to 11.120.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 9 and 11 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.49% or 0.38 to $78.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.23% or 0.17 to hit $74.31 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.20 to trade at $1258.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1668, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8823.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 94.21.