Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI up 0.41%

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Goods , Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI added 0.41%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Semapa (ELI:SEM ), which rose 2.07% or 0.30 points to trade at 14.76 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP ) added 1.94% or 0.01 points to end at 0.42 and Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA ) was up 0.96% or 0.02 points to 2.53 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP ), which fell 0.49% or 0.02 points to trade at 4.08 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP ) declined 0.47% or 0.08 points to end at 16.95 and Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:RENE ) was down 0.20% or 0.01 points to 2.45.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 15 to 8 and 6 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for November delivery was up 1.40% or 1.02 to $73.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.70% or 1.17 to hit $70.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.73% or 18.95 to trade at $2,589.95 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.12% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.28% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 100.60.

Source: Investing.com