Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.37%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO), which rose 0.99% or 0.0090 points to trade at 0.9175 at the close. Meanwhile, Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS:RAMA) added 0.62% or 0.050 points to end at 8.150 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was up 0.55% or 0.0300 points to 5.5100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 1.80% or 0.0320 points to trade at 1.7420 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 1.60% or 0.2300 points to end at 14.1450 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was down 1.32% or 0.0024 points to 0.1800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was down 2.74% or 1.72 to $61.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.70% or 1.46 to hit $52.58 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1282.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.04% to 1.1368, while EUR/GBP fell 0.50% to 0.8769.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 95.922.