Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.43%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Montepio (LS:MPIO), which rose 99.20% or 0.493 points to trade at 0.990 at the close. Meanwhile, Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 3.82% or 0.535 points to end at 14.535 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was up 1.46% or 0.0540 points to 3.7470 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which fell 1.60% or 0.2150 points to trade at 13.2400 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 1.48% or 0.0430 points to end at 2.8580 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 0.95% or 0.0530 points to 5.5130.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 22 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Montepio (LS:MPIO) rose to all time highs; gaining 99.20% or 0.493 to 0.990.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 2.92% or 1.45 to $48.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 3.46% or 1.63 to hit $45.44 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.12 to trade at $1223.32 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.13% to 1.1334, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8775.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 96.10.