Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 5.94% or 0.0550 points to trade at 0.9810 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 3.34% or 0.1050 points to end at 3.2450 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was up 2.46% or 0.0270 points to 1.1250 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 1.88% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.2090 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 0.87% or 0.0420 points to end at 4.8080 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was down 0.42% or 0.0200 points to 4.7000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 2.86% or 1.96 to $70.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.89% or 1.83 to hit $65.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.70 to trade at $1342.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.2346, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8714.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 89.37.