Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.82% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 4.38% or 0.0140 points to trade at 0.3339 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) added 0.82% or 0.0450 points to end at 5.5500 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 0.75% or 0.1400 points to 18.8600 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 3.02% or 0.0075 points to trade at 0.2410 in late trade. Sonae (LS:YSO) declined 0.82% or 0.0100 points to end at 1.2130 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) shed 0.50% or 0.0200 points to 4.0150.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 14 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 1.13% or 0.78 to $69.81 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.29% or 0.82 to hit $64.39 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.20 to trade at $1337.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.13% to 1.2278, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 90.04.