Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.65% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae (LS:YSO), which rose 2.61% or 0.0280 points to trade at 1.1010 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (LS:SEM) added 1.66% or 0.2850 points to end at 17.4150 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was up 1.36% or 0.0760 points to 5.6530 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which fell 1.60% or 0.190 points to trade at 11.710 at the close. REN (LS:RENE) declined 0.85% or 0.0210 points to end at 2.4620 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was down 0.77% or 0.0290 points to 3.7250.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 22 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sonae (LS:YSO) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.61% or 0.0280 to 1.1010.
Brent oil for February delivery was down 1.81% or 1.17 to $63.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.47% or 0.85 to hit $57.14 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.40 to trade at $1242.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.37% to 1.1726, while EUR/GBP fell 0.17% to 0.8806.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.22% at 94.15.