Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.04% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which rose 2.34% or 0.0800 points to trade at 3.4940 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 1.59% or 0.0140 points to end at 0.8940 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 1.58% or 0.0042 points to 0.2695 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which fell 1.90% or 0.1070 points to trade at 5.5220 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 1.40% or 0.2550 points to end at 17.9500 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was down 1.11% or 0.125 points to 11.175.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 14 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.58% or 0.0042 to 0.2695.
Brent oil for February delivery was up 0.33% or 0.21 to $63.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.52% or 0.30 to hit $57.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.50 to trade at $1263.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.1825, while EUR/GBP rose 0.56% to 0.8851.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 93.19.