Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.34%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 2.75% or 0.2400 points to trade at 8.9700 at the close. Meanwhile, Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 1.76% or 0.200 points to end at 11.580 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was up 0.98% or 0.0480 points to 4.9580 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semapa (LS:SEM), which fell 0.87% or 0.2000 points to trade at 22.8000 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 0.82% or 0.0020 points to end at 0.2430 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was down 0.77% or 0.0020 points to 0.2574.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) rose to all time highs; gaining 2.75% or 0.2400 to 8.9700.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.76% or 0.59 to $78.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $73.88 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.37% or 4.60 to trade at $1255.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1734, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8854.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.18% at 93.97.