Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI added 0.68%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT), which rose 4.27% or 0.19 points to trade at 4.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS) added 3.37% or 0.24 points to end at 7.36 and Semapa (ELI:SEM) was up 2.21% or 0.30 points to 13.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR), which fell 2.22% or 0.24 points to trade at 10.56 at the close. EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP) declined 0.80% or 0.03 points to end at 3.35 and Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:RENE) was down 0.41% or 0.01 points to 2.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 15 to 11 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for February delivery was up 2.66% or 1.91 to $73.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.98% or 2.03 to hit $70.13 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.43% or 11.31 to trade at $2,669.81 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.21% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.05% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 106.22.