Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.27%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 12.66% or 0.0200 points to trade at 0.1780 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae (LS:YSO) added 3.79% or 0.0250 points to end at 0.6840 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 1.57% or 0.0003 points to 0.0194 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which fell 1.34% or 0.1900 points to trade at 14.0250 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 0.71% or 0.0900 points to end at 12.6250 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was down 0.57% or 0.0400 points to 6.9350.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 13 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.33% or 0.62 to $47.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.95% or 0.43 to hit $45.88 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.07% or 14.20 to trade at $1318.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1001, while EUR/GBP fell 0.67% to 0.8351.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 97.22.