Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.74% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 8.81% or 0.0200 points to trade at 0.2470 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 2.35% or 0.3300 points to end at 14.3750 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 2.33% or 0.1400 points to 6.1500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 1.52% or 0.0550 points to trade at 3.5650 in late trade. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 0.80% or 0.1300 points to end at 16.1150 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) shed 0.04% or 0.0020 points to 4.9280.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 12 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.01% or 0.01 to $74.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $68.56 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 8.60 to trade at $1332.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.2233, while EUR/GBP fell 0.09% to 0.8751.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 90.57.