Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.53%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which rose 1.22% or 0.0360 points to trade at 2.9880 at the close. Meanwhile, Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 0.50% or 0.0850 points to end at 17.0500 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was up 0.18% or 0.020 points to 11.160 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Semapa (LS:SEM), which fell 3.07% or 0.6500 points to trade at 20.5000 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) declined 2.27% or 0.0225 points to end at 0.9675 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was down 1.54% or 0.0450 points to 2.8750.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.05% or 0.77 to $73.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.43% or 0.97 to hit $68.86 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.03% or 0.40 to trade at $1225.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1680, while EUR/GBP fell 0.39% to 0.8890.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 94.43.