Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.15% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 1.95% or 0.0180 points to trade at 0.9410 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 1.92% or 0.0750 points to end at 3.9800 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 1.54% or 0.0580 points to 3.8200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which fell 0.91% or 0.1550 points to trade at 16.7950 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 0.87% or 0.0260 points to end at 2.9520 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was down 0.57% or 0.0400 points to 6.9700.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 13 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 1.24% or 0.84 to $68.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 1.70% or 1.05 to hit $62.78 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.61% or 8.10 to trade at $1312.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.38% to 1.1923, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8812.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 92.30.