Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.43% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 4.45% or 0.0250 points to trade at 0.5870 at the close. Meanwhile, Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 2.11% or 0.0710 points to end at 3.4310 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 1.67% or 0.0280 points to 1.7000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which fell 0.86% or 0.0640 points to trade at 7.3440 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 0.66% or 0.0200 points to end at 3.0200 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was down 0.28% or 0.020 points to 7.180.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 30 to 16 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.02% or 0.01 to $44.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.02% or 0.44 to hit $42.69 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1327.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.0989, while EUR/GBP fell 0.05% to 0.8367.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 97.17.