Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Semapa (LS:SEM), which rose 3.19% or 0.5200 points to trade at 16.8200 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP (LS:EDP) added 1.13% or 0.0340 points to end at 3.0400 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 1.04% or 0.1700 points to 16.5150 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 2.58% or 0.0064 points to trade at 0.2415 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 1.55% or 0.0510 points to end at 3.2340 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was down 0.58% or 0.075 points to 12.905.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 15 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was up 1.70% or 0.95 to $56.74 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.74% or 1.36 to hit $50.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.64% or 8.24 to trade at $1293.24 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.51% to 1.1800, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8934.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 93.10.