Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 1.51% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 5.24% or 0.540 points to trade at 10.840 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 4.00% or 0.0100 points to end at 0.2600 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 3.68% or 0.1290 points to 3.6360 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR), which fell 0.67% or 0.0470 points to trade at 6.9200 at the close. REN (LS:RENE) declined 0.44% or 0.0110 points to end at 2.4680 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was down 0.03% or 0.0050 points to 16.1900.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 30 to 5 and 2 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.60% or 0.40 to $66.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.23% or 0.14 to hit $60.28 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 4.00 to trade at $1313.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.35% to 1.2049, while EUR/GBP fell 0.30% to 0.8864.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.43% at 91.59.