Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 1.05% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 8.99% or 0.9700 points to trade at 11.7600 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 2.54% or 0.1600 points to end at 6.4500 and Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO) was up 2.26% or 0.0195 points to 0.8825 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 0.91% or 0.0022 points to trade at 0.2397 in late trade. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 0.64% or 0.0350 points to end at 5.4200 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) shed 0.46% or 0.0080 points to 1.7340.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 13 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 2.05% or 1.21 to $60.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.57% or 1.30 to hit $51.81 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.31% or 3.95 to trade at $1287.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.75% to 1.1388, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.8946.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 95.835.