Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 1.60% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.2534 at the close. Meanwhile, The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 1.16% or 0.0500 points to end at 4.3600 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 1.08% or 0.1400 points to 13.1500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which fell 1.07% or 0.0900 points to trade at 8.3000 at the close. REN (LS:RENE) declined 0.98% or 0.0240 points to end at 2.4320 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was down 0.50% or 0.0040 points to 0.7960.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 15 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.50% or 0.0040 to 0.7960.
Brent oil for November delivery was up 0.32% or 0.25 to $79.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.18% or 0.82 to hit $70.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.52% or 6.20 to trade at $1209.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.1688, while EUR/GBP rose 0.03% to 0.8876.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 94.04.