Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Basic Materials and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.65% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Semapa (LS:SEM), which rose 4.42% or 0.9000 points to trade at 21.2500 at the close. Meanwhile, Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 4.00% or 0.460 points to end at 11.960 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 1.88% or 0.0052 points to 0.2825 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP (LS:EDP), which fell 1.03% or 0.0360 points to trade at 3.4500 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) declined 0.87% or 0.0260 points to end at 2.9580 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was 0.00% or 0.0000 points to 8.2450.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 10 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in Semapa (LS:SEM) rose to all time highs; gaining 4.42% or 0.9000 to 21.2500. Shares in EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) unchanged to all time highs; unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 to 8.2450.
Brent oil for July delivery was up 0.44% or 0.35 to $79.57 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $72.34 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1293.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1784, while EUR/GBP fell 0.10% to 0.8773.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.48.