Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 1.47% 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 5.29% or 0.0090 points to trade at 0.1790 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 4.67% or 0.0280 points to end at 0.6280 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 3.12% or 0.3500 points to 11.5850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Montepio (LS:MPIO), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to trade at 0.475 at the close. REN (LS:RENE) added 0.04% or 0.0010 points to end at 2.7000 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 0.33% or 0.0060 points to 1.8090.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 37 to 8 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 0.64% or 0.29 to $45.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.49% or 0.21 to hit $42.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.31% or 4.15 to trade at $1345.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1105, while EUR/GBP rose 0.47% to 0.8543.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.15% at 96.15.