Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR), which rose 4.38% or 0.2500 points to trade at 5.9600 at the close. Meanwhile, Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 2.17% or 0.187 points to end at 8.810 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 1.76% or 0.0710 points to 4.0990 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 3.83% or 0.0060 points to trade at 0.1508 at the close. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) declined 0.43% or 0.0030 points to end at 0.6970 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was down 0.26% or 0.0400 points to 15.6300.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 13 and 10 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.83% or 0.46 to $55.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.38% or 0.73 to hit $53.48 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.23% or 2.75 to trade at $1212.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.0760, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8586.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 100.02.