Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.77% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which rose 2.78% or 0.1000 points to trade at 3.7010 at the close. Meanwhile, Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 2.23% or 0.325 points to end at 14.905 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 2.16% or 0.0040 points to 0.1896 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which fell 0.67% or 0.0280 points to trade at 4.1690 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 0.53% or 0.0020 points to end at 0.3760 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 0.49% or 0.0250 points to 5.1020.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) rose to 52-week highs; up 2.78% or 0.1000 to 3.7010.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 1.93% or 0.99 to $52.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.09% or 1.01 to hit $49.38 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.65 to trade at $1250.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.56% to 1.0753, while EUR/GBP fell 0.15% to 0.8670.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 99.93.