Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI up 0.43%

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Consumer Services , Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI rose 0.43%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT ), which rose 3.86% or 0.66 points to trade at 17.76 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP ) added 0.92% or 0.04 points to end at 4.06 and Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS ) was up 0.69% or 0.03 points to 3.66 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Semapa (ELI:SEM ), which fell 1.64% or 0.24 points to trade at 14.36 at the close. Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA ) declined 0.95% or 0.02 points to end at 2.51 and Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS ) was down 0.55% or 0.04 points to 7.24.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 15 to 15 and 4 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for December delivery was down 1.71% or 1.27 to $73.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 2.18% or 1.56 to hit $70.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 3.40 to trade at $2,680.40 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.34% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.26% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 100.53.

Source: Investing.com