Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.21%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Semapa (LS:SEM), which rose 2.30% or 0.4200 points to trade at 18.6800 at the close. Meanwhile, The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 2.22% or 0.0960 points to end at 4.4300 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 1.85% or 0.0850 points to 4.6700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 2.19% or 0.0066 points to trade at 0.2954 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 2.08% or 0.3200 points to end at 15.0750 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was down 1.32% or 0.0500 points to 3.7500.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 22 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) fell to 52-week lows; down 2.08% or 0.3200 to 15.0750.
Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.23% or 0.15 to $65.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.13% or 0.08 to hit $62.49 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.25% or 16.50 to trade at $1336.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.55% to 1.2404, while EUR/GBP rose 0.28% to 0.8932.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.42% at 89.58.