Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 3.41% or 0.0590 points to trade at 1.7900 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 2.65% or 0.0180 points to end at 0.6970 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 1.34% or 0.1600 points to 12.1100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 4.60% or 0.0110 points to trade at 0.2280 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 1.89% or 0.0660 points to end at 3.4230 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was down 0.42% or 0.0550 points to 13.1100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 34 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was up 1.52% or 0.72 to $47.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 1.45% or 0.65 to hit $45.48 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.46% or 6.25 to trade at $1347.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1233, while EUR/GBP rose 0.62% to 0.8428.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.22% at 95.01.