Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Financials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which rose 1.67% or 0.2950 points to trade at 17.9150 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 1.45% or 0.0440 points to end at 3.0820 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was up 1.17% or 0.0115 points to 0.9925 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Semapa (LS:SEM), which lost 0.97% or 0.2000 points to trade at 20.4000 in late trade. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 0.88% or 0.0250 points to end at 2.8200 and EDP (LS:EDP) shed 0.60% or 0.0210 points to 3.4940.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 13 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.92% or 0.68 to $74.43 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.28% or 0.19 to hit $69.20 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.10 to trade at $1219.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.32% to 1.1591, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8950.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 95.00.