Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS:RAMA), which rose 2.67% or 0.200 points to trade at 7.700 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 2.59% or 0.1500 points to end at 5.9500 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 2.12% or 0.0180 points to 0.8670 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP (LS:EDP), which fell 1.61% or 0.0490 points to trade at 3.0000 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 1.22% or 0.1600 points to end at 12.9400 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was down 0.39% or 0.0400 points to 10.3000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 11.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 3.59% or 1.93 to $55.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 4.18% or 1.90 to hit $47.31 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 5.50 to trade at $1286.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 1.09% to 1.1337, while EUR/GBP rose 0.20% to 0.9006.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.76% at 96.463.