Portugal's stock market ended Tuesday's trading session with gains, the PSI finishing up 0.95% at the close in Lisbon. Strength in the Financials, Consumer Goods and Technology sectors helped push the benchmark higher.
The session's top performers on the PSI included Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP), which rose 2.67% - equivalent to a 0.02 point gain - to close at 0.89. Semapa (ELI:SEM) added 2.02% or 0.45 points, finishing at 22.70, and Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP) advanced 1.81% or 0.35 points to end the day at 19.65.
On the downside, Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS) was the weakest member of the index, falling 1.34% or 0.16 points to close at 11.78. Teixeira Duarte (ELI:TDSA) declined 1.15% or 0.01 points to finish at 0.43, and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) slipped 0.10% or 0.02 points to end at 20.38.
Market breadth on the Lisbon exchange favoured advancing issues, with 20 stocks rising versus 7 decliners; 5 securities finished unchanged.
Commodities trading showed notable moves during the session. Brent oil for July delivery jumped 2.50% - an increase of 2.54 - to trade at $104.23 per barrel. U.S. crude for June delivery rose 3.60% or 3.47, reaching $99.84 per barrel. By contrast, the June Gold Futures contract fell 2.04% or 95.71 to trade at $4,597.99 a troy ounce.
Foreign exchange rates were relatively stable at the close: EUR/USD was effectively unchanged, moving 0.07% to 1.17, while EUR/GBP was flat at 0.87, with a reported change of 0.13%. The U.S. Dollar Index Futures registered a modest increase of 0.12% to 98.44.
These session results reflect the cross-section of performances across Portugal's listed names, with several large-cap constituents contributing to the index's rise while a smaller group of stocks underperformed.