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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI rose 0.73%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI: EDP ), which rose 1.61% or 0.05 points to trade at 3.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Galp Energia Nom (ELI: GALP ) added 1.22% or 0.20 points to end at 16.55 and Sonae SGPS SA (ELI: YSO ) was up 1.01% or 0.01 points to 0.90 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Semapa (ELI: SEM ), which fell 0.42% or 0.06 points to trade at 14.30 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (ELI: CORA ) declined 0.13% or 0.01 points to end at 7.91 and Ibersol SGPS (ELI: IBS ) was 0.00% or 0.00 points to 7.60.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 6 and 7 ended unchanged.

Shares in Corticeira Amorim (ELI: CORA ) fell to 3-years lows; down 0.13% or 0.01 to 7.91.

Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.93% or 0.75 to $80.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.89% or 0.69 to hit $76.61 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 4.34 to trade at $2,682.94 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.39% to 1.03, while EUR/GBP rose 0.66% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 109.26.