Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.30%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 3.05% or 0.0190 points to trade at 0.6420 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (LS:SEM) added 1.33% or 0.1550 points to end at 11.8500 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 1.10% or 0.0020 points to 0.1840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 1.71% or 0.0300 points to trade at 1.7210 at the close. REN (LS:RENE) declined 0.53% or 0.0140 points to end at 2.6230 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 0.29% or 0.0190 points to 6.5470.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 29 to 16 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 1.46% or 0.72 to $48.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.15% or 0.54 to hit $46.44 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.56% or 7.45 to trade at $1319.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1146, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8519.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.51% at 96.02.