Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 1.03%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 3.39% or 0.0100 points to trade at 0.3048 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 2.86% or 0.0065 points to end at 0.2335 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 2.33% or 0.0760 points to 3.3340 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 1.42% or 0.0500 points to trade at 3.4600 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) declined 1.00% or 0.0120 points to end at 1.1890 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was down 0.68% or 0.0300 points to 4.4100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 13 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was up 0.77% or 0.48 to $63.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 0.56% or 0.33 to hit $59.52 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.56% or 20.70 to trade at $1351.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.55% to 1.2420, while EUR/GBP fell 0.11% to 0.8882.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 89.11.