Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 4.73% or 0.485 points to trade at 10.730 at the close. Meanwhile, The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 1.20% or 0.0450 points to end at 3.7870 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 1.00% or 0.0690 points to 6.9900 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 4.73% or 0.0090 points to trade at 0.1811 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 2.67% or 0.0100 points to end at 0.3640 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 1.25% or 0.0640 points to 5.0660.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 15 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) rose to all time highs; rising 4.73% or 0.485 to 10.730. Shares in The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 1.20% or 0.0450 to 3.7870.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 2.03% or 1.08 to $54.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 1.77% or 0.89 to hit $51.13 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.65 to trade at $1257.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.0665, while EUR/GBP rose 0.40% to 0.8578.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 100.48.