Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 5.63% or 0.2050 points to trade at 3.8450 at the close. Meanwhile, The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 4.05% or 0.1720 points to end at 4.4160 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 3.14% or 0.0070 points to 0.2300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP (LS:EDP), which fell 2.45% or 0.0680 points to trade at 2.7040 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) declined 2.11% or 0.250 points to end at 11.600 and REN (LS:RENE) was down 1.28% or 0.0320 points to 2.4640.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 20 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was down 0.18% or 0.12 to $65.55 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.99% or 0.61 to hit $62.16 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.72% or 23.30 to trade at $1332.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.49% to 1.2346, while EUR/GBP fell 0.51% to 0.8816.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 89.56.