Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 1.56% or 0.0050 points to trade at 0.3250 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae (LS:YSO) added 0.51% or 0.0050 points to end at 0.9800 and Montepio (LS:MPIO) was up 0.30% or 0.003 points to 1.003 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which fell 1.45% or 0.2450 points to trade at 16.6600 at the close. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) declined 1.18% or 0.0430 points to end at 3.6090 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was down 1.12% or 0.0270 points to 2.3830.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 20 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 0.22% or 0.11 to $50.62 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.29% or 0.14 to hit $47.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.87% or 11.25 to trade at $1279.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1738, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.9123.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.41% at 93.72.