Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.90%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which rose 4.50% or 0.5500 points to trade at 12.7650 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 1.55% or 0.0560 points to end at 3.6600 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 1.42% or 0.0100 points to 0.7120 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 0.85% or 0.0130 points to trade at 1.5110 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 0.47% or 0.038 points to end at 8.000 and Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) was down 0.18% or 0.0020 points to 1.1270.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 28 to 20 and 9 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for February delivery was up 9.23% or 4.37 to $51.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 8.84% or 4.00 to hit $49.23 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 1.18% or 14.05 to trade at $1176.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.54% to 1.0593, while EUR/GBP fell 0.57% to 0.8476.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.57% at 101.56.