Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.46%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were F.Rama (LS:RAMA), which rose 7.32% or 0.600 points to trade at 8.800 at the close. Meanwhile, CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 2.44% or 0.0720 points to end at 3.0280 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was up 2.19% or 0.250 points to 11.650 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which fell 2.26% or 0.2950 points to trade at 12.7750 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 1.94% or 0.4500 points to end at 22.8000 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was down 1.75% or 0.2800 points to 15.7650.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 12 and 11 ended unchanged.
Shares in J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) fell to 52-week lows; falling 2.26% or 0.2950 to 12.7750.
Brent oil for August delivery was down 0.68% or 0.51 to $74.83 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 1.77% or 1.16 to hit $64.53 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1277.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.47% to 1.1568, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8785.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 94.76.