Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Technology and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 1.62% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 3.45% or 0.0080 points to trade at 0.2400 at the close. Meanwhile, Montepio (LS:MPIO) added 1.75% or 0.008 points to end at 0.465 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was up 0.42% or 0.034 points to 8.184 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which fell 6.63% or 0.1880 points to trade at 2.6490 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 4.20% or 0.1380 points to end at 3.1460 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was down 3.87% or 0.0270 points to 0.6700.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 37 to 13 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 2.17% or 1.05 to $47.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.68% or 1.24 to hit $45.05 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.12% or 1.55 to trade at $1327.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1235, while EUR/GBP rose 1.15% to 0.8521.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.32% at 95.42.