Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 4.24% or 0.0100 points to trade at 0.2460 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 1.73% or 0.0540 points to end at 3.1670 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was up 1.40% or 0.116 points to 8.419 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which fell 1.89% or 0.0130 points to trade at 0.6740 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) declined 1.61% or 0.1010 points to end at 6.1810 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was down 1.32% or 0.1500 points to 11.2500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 28 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.61% or 0.1010 to 6.1810.
Brent oil for November delivery was up 1.85% or 0.85 to $46.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.43% or 1.07 to hit $45.12 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.88% or 11.65 to trade at $1329.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.09% to 1.1161, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8599.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 95.77.