Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.92%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 0.84% or 0.095 points to trade at 11.340 at the close. Meanwhile, Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) added 0.60% or 0.019 points to end at 3.179 and REN (LS:RENE) was up 0.49% or 0.0140 points to 2.8990 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 3.53% or 0.0078 points to trade at 0.2129 at the close. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) declined 3.40% or 0.0340 points to end at 0.9650 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 2.58% or 0.1510 points to 5.7070.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 14 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for July delivery was down 0.08% or 0.04 to $51.78 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.18% or 0.09 to hit $48.76 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.57% or 7.07 to trade at $1237.07 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.97% to 1.1081, while EUR/GBP rose 0.85% to 0.8580.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.71% at 98.11.