Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 5.94% or 0.0550 points to trade at 0.9810 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 3.34% or 0.1050 points to end at 3.2450 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was up 2.46% or 0.0270 points to 1.1250 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 1.88% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.2090 in late trade. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 0.87% or 0.0420 points to end at 4.8080 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) shed 0.42% or 0.0200 points to 4.7000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 2.86% or 1.96 to $70.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.89% or 1.83 to hit $65.25 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.80 to trade at $1342.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.2346, while EUR/GBP fell 0.06% to 0.8714.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.18% at 89.37.