Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae (LS:YSO), which rose 2.47% or 0.0270 points to trade at 1.1220 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 2.17% or 0.0750 points to end at 3.5350 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was up 0.94% or 0.0440 points to 4.7240 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which lost 2.97% or 0.0900 points to trade at 2.9400 in late trade. F.Rama (LS:RAMA) declined 2.34% or 0.300 points to end at 12.500 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) shed 1.32% or 0.150 points to 11.250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 14 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.20% or 0.14 to $71.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.05 to hit $66.17 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.80 to trade at $1347.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.2349, while EUR/GBP rose 0.07% to 0.8641.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.19% at 89.31.