Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.16%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 2.35% or 0.1200 points to trade at 5.2200 at the close. Meanwhile, Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 1.79% or 0.200 points to end at 11.400 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was up 1.13% or 0.0540 points to 4.8220 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which fell 0.84% or 0.1250 points to trade at 14.8150 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 0.63% or 0.0015 points to end at 0.2380 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was down 0.61% or 0.0017 points to 0.2790.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) fell to 52-week lows; losing 0.84% or 0.1250 to 14.8150. Shares in The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) rose to all time highs; rising 1.13% or 0.0540 to 4.8220.
Brent oil for May delivery was up 2.61% or 1.76 to $69.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.42% or 1.54 to hit $65.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 10.80 to trade at $1322.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.25% to 1.2272, while EUR/GBP fell 0.34% to 0.8716.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 89.72.