Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.74% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which rose 6.04% or 0.3490 points to trade at 6.1270 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae (LS:YSO) added 2.79% or 0.0190 points to end at 0.7000 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 1.85% or 0.1360 points to 7.4800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 5.10% or 0.0010 points to trade at 0.0186 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 1.10% or 0.0020 points to end at 0.1790 and Montepio (LS:MPIO) was down 0.63% or 0.003 points to 0.477.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 35 to 15 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Montepio (LS:MPIO) fell to all time lows; losing 0.63% or 0.003 to 0.477.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 2.54% or 1.15 to $44.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.26% or 0.97 to hit $41.95 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.44% or 5.85 to trade at $1334.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.0992, while EUR/GBP rose 0.11% to 0.8380.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 97.31.