Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which rose 4.17% or 0.570 points to trade at 14.250 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 1.64% or 0.2700 points to end at 16.7250 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 1.37% or 0.0510 points to 3.7800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 0.66% or 0.0015 points to trade at 0.2270 at the close. Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) declined 0.16% or 0.005 points to end at 3.180 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was 0.00% or 0.0000 points to 0.3220.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 27 to 7 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.56% or 0.29 to $51.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.74% or 0.35 to hit $47.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.36% or 4.63 to trade at $1292.07 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1762, while EUR/GBP rose 0.04% to 0.9163.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 93.39.