Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Utilities and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 1.71% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 9.62% or 0.0015 points to trade at 0.0171 at the close. Meanwhile, CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 2.17% or 0.1280 points to end at 6.0280 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 1.88% or 0.3000 points to 16.2600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 1.73% or 0.0320 points to trade at 1.8230 at the close. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) declined 0.15% or 0.0010 points to end at 0.6800 and Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) was down 0.09% or 0.0010 points to 1.1280.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 33 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) rose to 3-years highs; up 1.88% or 0.3000 to 16.2600.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.21% or 0.11 to $51.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.12% or 0.06 to hit $50.00 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.54% or 6.75 to trade at $1263.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.07% to 1.0990, while EUR/GBP fell 1.01% to 0.8934.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.05% at 97.81.