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 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Montepio (LS:MPIO), which rose 5.11% or 0.021 points to trade at 0.432 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) added 3.25% or 0.0053 points to end at 0.1683 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 1.31% or 0.0100 points to 0.7740 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 2.05% or 0.0080 points to trade at 0.3820 at the close. Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) declined 1.97% or 0.060 points to end at 2.990 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was down 1.14% or 0.0100 points to 0.8710.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 14 and 1 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for May delivery was down 1.36% or 0.70 to $50.92 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 1.53% or 0.75 to hit $48.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.96% or 11.85 to trade at $1245.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.0812, while EUR/GBP fell 0.36% to 0.8659.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 99.51.