Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.20%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which rose 0.68% or 0.0280 points to trade at 4.1500 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP (LS:EDP) added 0.61% or 0.0190 points to end at 3.1150 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was up 0.53% or 0.0013 points to 0.2446 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which fell 2.04% or 0.200 points to trade at 9.600 at the close. Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS:RAMA) declined 1.63% or 0.150 points to end at 9.050 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was down 1.45% or 0.0110 points to 0.7500.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 15 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 2.16% or 1.58 to $71.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.28% or 1.44 to hit $61.66 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.50 to trade at $1227.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.08% to 1.1417, while EUR/GBP fell 0.25% to 0.8725.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.04% at 96.12.