Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 3.08% or 0.320 points to trade at 10.720 at the close. Meanwhile, REN (LS:RENE) added 0.72% or 0.0180 points to end at 2.5260 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 0.50% or 0.0400 points to 8.0000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which fell 2.37% or 0.0740 points to trade at 3.0540 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 2.21% or 0.0060 points to end at 0.2660 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was down 1.32% or 0.0030 points to 0.2250.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 22 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) rose to all time highs; up 0.50% or 0.0400 to 8.0000.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.67% or 0.45 to $68.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.75% or 0.47 to hit $63.48 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 9.30 to trade at $1337.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.2264, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 89.84.