Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.33% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 5.18% or 0.7700 points to trade at 15.6450 at the close. Meanwhile, Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 1.54% or 0.133 points to end at 8.783 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 1.40% or 0.0030 points to 0.2180 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which fell 2.02% or 0.1160 points to trade at 5.6380 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 0.99% or 0.0106 points to end at 1.0624 and REN (LS:RENE) was down 0.85% or 0.0230 points to 2.6810.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 15 to 13 and 10 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 1.59% or 0.88 to $56.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.62% or 0.85 to hit $53.18 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.36% or 4.15 to trade at $1166.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.65% to 1.0474, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8502.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.62% at 102.60.