Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 6.96% or 0.1100 points to trade at 1.6900 at the close. Meanwhile, The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 3.32% or 0.0910 points to end at 2.8310 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 3.13% or 0.0980 points to 3.2290 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 3.49% or 0.0011 points to trade at 0.0304 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 2.40% or 0.0030 points to end at 0.1220 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was down 0.53% or 0.037 points to 7.000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 33 to 14 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) fell to all time lows; down 3.49% or 0.0011 to 0.0304. Shares in Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) fell to all time lows; losing 2.40% or 0.0030 to 0.1220.
Brent oil for July delivery was up 0.70% or 0.34 to $48.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 1.12% or 0.54 to hit $48.62 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 1.75% or 21.95 to trade at $1229.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.66% to 1.1147, while EUR/GBP fell 1.65% to 0.7619.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 95.55.