Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 1.04%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which rose 2.54% or 0.1200 points to trade at 4.8400 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 2.07% or 0.2950 points to end at 14.5250 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 1.88% or 0.1000 points to 5.4200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which lost 2.56% or 0.300 points to trade at 11.400 in late trade. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 1.28% or 0.0450 points to end at 3.4800 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) shed 0.87% or 0.0020 points to 0.2280.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 10 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.09% or 0.06 to $69.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.20% or 0.13 to hit $65.42 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.77% or 10.50 to trade at $1344.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.27% to 1.2410, while EUR/GBP rose 0.17% to 0.8761.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.33% at 88.93.