Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 2.32% or 0.0410 points to trade at 1.8100 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) added 0.84% or 0.0060 points to end at 0.7180 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was up 0.79% or 0.0460 points to 5.8900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 1.63% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.2420 in late trade. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 1.62% or 0.0191 points to end at 1.1600 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) shed 1.15% or 0.094 points to 8.107.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 24 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was up 0.24% or 0.11 to $46.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.67% or 0.30 to hit $45.19 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1277.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.1025, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8903.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 97.90.