Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI declined 0.29%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS), which rose 1.81% or 0.07 points to trade at 3.66 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP) added 1.41% or 0.05 points to end at 3.88 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) was up 0.64% or 0.11 points to 17.34 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP), which fell 2.47% or 0.43 points to trade at 16.78 at the close. Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA) declined 2.29% or 0.06 points to end at 2.47 and Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP) was down 1.39% or 0.01 points to 0.43.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 13 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 4.73% or 3.66 to $73.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.93% or 3.64 to hit $70.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 18.55 to trade at $2,684.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 102.96.