Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 2.02% or 0.0150 points to trade at 0.7560 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 1.08% or 0.1150 points to end at 10.7650 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 0.84% or 0.0600 points to 7.1700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which fell 4.30% or 0.6350 points to trade at 14.1400 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 2.46% or 0.0420 points to end at 1.6640 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was down 1.91% or 0.160 points to 8.220.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 16 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.30% or 0.6350 to 14.1400. Shares in Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.46% or 0.0420 to 1.6640. Shares in Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) fell to 52-week lows; falling 1.91% or 0.160 to 8.220.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 4.41% or 3.09 to $67.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.57% or 2.74 to hit $57.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1202.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1275, while EUR/GBP fell 0.71% to 0.8668.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 97.07.