Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 1.41%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LISBON:PHRA), which rose 5.35% or 0.0185 points to trade at 0.3645 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS (LISBON:ALSS) added 3.48% or 0.1110 points to end at 3.3010 and Banif SA (LISBON:BANIF) was up 3.28% or 0.0002 points to 0.0063 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LISBON:CTT), which fell 1.09% or 0.0970 points to trade at 8.8000 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LISBON:JMT) declined 1.01% or 0.1100 points to end at 10.7950 and Impresa SGPS (LISBON:IMPA) was down 0.64% or 0.01 points to 0.78.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 45 to 16 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was down 0.61% or 0.34 to $56.51 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.82% or 0.95 to hit $51.38 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.73% or 8.40 to trade at $1161.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.1053, while EUR/GBP rose 1.22% to 0.7208.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.34% at 96.56.