Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 3.08%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LISBON:JMT), which rose 7.16% or 0.8050 points to trade at 12.0450 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LISBON:PHRA) added 5.53% or 0.0140 points to end at 0.2670 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LISBON:BCP) was up 4.57% or 0.0019 points to 0.0435 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banif SA (LISBON:BANIF), which fell 2.70% or 0.0001 points to trade at 0.0036 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LISBON:CTT) added 0.69% or 0.0680 points to end at 9.9690 and EDP Renovaveis (LISBON:EDPRu) was up 0.96% or 0.0560 points to 5.8600.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 41 to 7 and 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banif SA (LISBON:BANIF) fell to all time lows; falling 2.70% or 0.0001 to 0.0036.
Brent oil for November delivery was up 0.13% or 0.07 to $48.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.27% or 0.12 to hit $45.11 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.08% or 12.20 to trade at $1114.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.68% to 1.1173, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.7388.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 96.46.