Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI added 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were Semapa (ELI:SEM), which rose 2.07% or 0.30 points to trade at 14.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP) added 1.94% or 0.01 points to end at 0.42 and Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA) was up 0.96% or 0.02 points to 2.53 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP), which fell 0.49% or 0.02 points to trade at 4.08 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP) declined 0.47% or 0.08 points to end at 16.95 and Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:RENE) was down 0.20% or 0.01 points to 2.45.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 15 to 8 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was up 1.40% or 1.02 to $73.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.70% or 1.17 to hit $70.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 18.95 to trade at $2,589.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 100.60.