Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.07% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 4.48% or 0.0060 points to trade at 0.1400 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) added 3.38% or 0.0015 points to end at 0.0459 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 1.30% or 0.0500 points to 3.8980 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Montepio (LS:MPIO), which fell 4.80% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.595 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 3.82% or 0.0710 points to end at 1.7900 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 1.69% or 0.1460 points to 8.5050.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 28 to 22 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.19% or 0.08 to $41.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.51% or 0.21 to hit $41.31 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.27% or 3.40 to trade at $1247.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.20% to 1.1219, while EUR/GBP rose 0.95% to 0.7898.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.66.