Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.76% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which rose 3.66% or 0.1680 points to trade at 4.7600 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 3.52% or 0.1120 points to end at 3.2900 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was up 2.93% or 0.345 points to 12.105 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR), which lost 0.74% or 0.0530 points to trade at 7.1170 in late trade. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 0.52% or 0.0160 points to end at 3.0800 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) shed 0.41% or 0.0010 points to 0.2450.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 27 to 10 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.37% or 0.21 to $55.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.10% or 0.05 to hit $50.41 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.17 to trade at $1275.97 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.19% to 1.1754, while EUR/GBP rose 0.45% to 0.8876.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.38.