Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.65%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO), which rose 3.27% or 0.0265 points to trade at 0.8365 at the close. Meanwhile, CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 2.86% or 0.0920 points to end at 3.3120 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 2.67% or 0.0190 points to 0.7300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which fell 3.29% or 0.2500 points to trade at 7.3400 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 2.22% or 0.3800 points to end at 16.7000 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was down 2.08% or 0.0400 points to 1.8840.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 14 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.54% or 1.25 to $80.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.39% or 1.72 to hit $70.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.20 to trade at $1228.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1532, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8773.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 95.09.