Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 1.59%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 15.38% or 0.0034 points to trade at 0.0255 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 15.25% or 0.0180 points to end at 0.1360 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was up 2.30% or 0.0650 points to 2.8920 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which fell 2.37% or 0.175 points to trade at 7.215 at the close. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) declined 1.51% or 0.0090 points to end at 0.5890 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 0.74% or 0.0600 points to 8.0450.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 33 to 15 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was up 1.13% or 0.57 to $51.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.76% or 0.38 to hit $50.07 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.16% or 1.95 to trade at $1245.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.09% to 1.1345, while EUR/GBP fell 0.85% to 0.7796.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 93.94.