Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR), which rose 4.38% or 0.2500 points to trade at 5.9600 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 2.17% or 0.187 points to end at 8.810 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 1.76% or 0.0710 points to 4.0990 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 3.83% or 0.0060 points to trade at 0.1508 in late trade. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) declined 0.43% or 0.0030 points to end at 0.6970 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) shed 0.26% or 0.0400 points to 15.6300.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 16 to 13 and 10 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.81% or 0.45 to $55.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.33% or 0.70 to hit $53.45 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.22% or 2.65 to trade at $1212.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.0760, while EUR/GBP fell 0.02% to 0.8586.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.07% at 100.02.