Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.35%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae (LS:YSO), which rose 4.60% or 0.0290 points to trade at 0.6590 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (LS:SEM) added 1.79% or 0.1850 points to end at 10.5400 and REN (LS:RENE) was up 1.22% or 0.0320 points to 2.6470 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 8.14% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.1580 at the close. Montepio (LS:MPIO) declined 4.37% or 0.022 points to end at 0.482 and EDP (LS:EDP) was down 1.12% or 0.0330 points to 2.9250.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 26 to 22 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Montepio (LS:MPIO) fell to all time lows; falling 4.37% or 0.022 to 0.482.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 0.49% or 0.23 to $46.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.89% or 0.41 to hit $45.53 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.32% or 4.25 to trade at $1333.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.55% to 1.1015, while EUR/GBP rose 0.55% to 0.8400.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.55% at 97.09.