Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Consumer Services , Financials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI gained 2.80%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI: MOTA ), which rose 8.02% or 0.23 points to trade at 3.15 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Renovaveis (ELI: EDPR ) added 4.79% or 0.33 points to end at 7.22 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI: JMT ) was up 3.91% or 0.75 points to 19.92 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Ibersol SGPS (ELI: IBS ), which rose 0.47% or 0.04 points to trade at 8.54 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (ELI: GALP ) added 0.69% or 0.09 points to end at 13.21 and Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI: RENE ) was up 1.31% or 0.04 points to 2.70.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 24 to 2 and 1 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.31% or 0.20 to $64.41 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.92% or 0.56 to hit $61.26 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.25% or 37.29 to trade at $3,010.89 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP rose 0.60% to 0.85.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 103.04.