Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 1.04%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which rose 2.54% or 0.1200 points to trade at 4.8400 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 2.07% or 0.2950 points to end at 14.5250 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 1.88% or 0.1000 points to 5.4200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which fell 2.56% or 0.300 points to trade at 11.400 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 1.28% or 0.0450 points to end at 3.4800 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was down 0.87% or 0.0020 points to 0.2280.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 24 to 10 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) rose to all time highs; rising 2.54% or 0.1200 to 4.8400.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.09% or 0.06 to $69.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.17% or 0.11 to hit $65.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.78% or 10.60 to trade at $1344.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.2411, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 88.93.