Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.59% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 0.95% or 0.100 points to trade at 10.640 at the close. Meanwhile, CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 0.25% or 0.0080 points to end at 3.1640 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 0.23% or 0.0200 points to 8.8000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO), which fell 2.80% or 0.0275 points to trade at 0.9535 at the close. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) declined 2.30% or 0.1060 points to end at 4.4960 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was down 2.02% or 0.3800 points to 18.4400.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 14 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.12% or 0.09 to $72.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.16% or 0.11 to hit $67.31 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.50 to trade at $1201.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1344, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.8919.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 96.56.