Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 1.23% or 0.0350 points to trade at 2.8850 at the close. Meanwhile, Semapa (LS:SEM) added 0.76% or 0.1400 points to end at 18.4600 and Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO) was up 0.75% or 0.0070 points to 0.9465 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which fell 2.02% or 0.2750 points to trade at 13.3500 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 0.93% or 0.0020 points to end at 0.2120 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was down 0.32% or 0.0160 points to 4.9440.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 15 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.43% or 0.33 to $76.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.74% or 0.51 to hit $68.36 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.00 to trade at $1214.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.33% to 1.1716, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.9092.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 94.47.