Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 3.04% or 0.0480 points to trade at 1.6280 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (LS:SEM) added 2.13% or 0.2400 points to end at 11.5100 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was up 1.93% or 0.1160 points to 6.1310 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 1.64% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.2400 at the close. Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) declined 0.09% or 0.0010 points to end at 1.1290 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was 0.00% or 0.0000 points to 15.3400.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 34 to 14 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was up 2.64% or 1.23 to $47.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.28% or 1.02 to hit $45.69 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.55% or 7.35 to trade at $1323.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1202, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.17% at 95.51.