Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.78%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 6.70% or 0.0150 points to trade at 0.2390 at the close. Meanwhile, Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 2.20% or 0.180 points to end at 8.370 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 0.33% or 0.0210 points to 6.4110 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which fell 3.70% or 0.1340 points to trade at 3.4890 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 2.16% or 0.0004 points to end at 0.0181 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was down 1.77% or 0.1100 points to 6.1040.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 31 to 15 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 1.57% or 0.75 to $46.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 0.09% or 0.04 to hit $44.40 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 1.71% or 22.70 to trade at $1349.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.88% to 1.1246, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8370.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.92% at 94.86.