Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 2.13% or 0.128 points to trade at 6.128 at the close. Meanwhile, Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) added 1.80% or 0.1130 points to end at 6.4020 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 1.70% or 0.0300 points to 1.7950 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which fell 2.28% or 0.0150 points to trade at 0.6420 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 2.16% or 0.0030 points to end at 0.1360 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was down 2.02% or 0.0590 points to 2.8630.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 28 to 21 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for July delivery was down 0.51% or 0.23 to $44.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June rose 0.11% or 0.05 to hit $43.70 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.87% or 11.25 to trade at $1280.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1492, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.7932.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 93.27.