Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrials, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.78% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which rose 3.23% or 0.1570 points to trade at 5.0250 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae (LS:YSO) added 2.41% or 0.0270 points to end at 1.1490 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 2.38% or 0.1300 points to 5.6000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were F.Rama (LS:RAMA), which fell 1.60% or 0.200 points to trade at 12.300 at the close. EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) declined 1.06% or 0.0850 points to end at 7.9200 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was down 0.43% or 0.0800 points to 18.6400.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 1.52% or 1.09 to $72.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.77% or 1.18 to hit $67.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.40 to trade at $1354.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.15% to 1.2388, while EUR/GBP rose 0.59% to 0.8710.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 89.28.