Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 1.01%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 1.67% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.2440 at the close. Meanwhile, Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 0.46% or 0.040 points to end at 8.700 and REN (LS:RENE) was up 0.39% or 0.0100 points to 2.5590 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 3.60% or 0.0590 points to trade at 1.5800 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) declined 2.64% or 0.0180 points to end at 0.6630 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) was down 2.60% or 0.0004 points to 0.0150.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 35 to 8 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) rose to all time highs; gaining 0.46% or 0.040 to 8.700.
Brent oil for December delivery was down 3.32% or 1.59 to $46.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 3.35% or 1.54 to hit $44.39 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.05% or 14.15 to trade at $1329.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1214, while EUR/GBP fell 0.67% to 0.8614.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.21% at 95.41.