Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 1.26%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which rose 1.04% or 0.0560 points to trade at 5.4160 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) added 0.41% or 0.0030 points to end at 0.7380 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was up 0.35% or 0.0030 points to 0.8590 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 11.34% or 0.1181 points to trade at 0.9231 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) declined 3.06% or 0.2000 points to end at 6.3300 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was down 2.62% or 0.0060 points to 0.2230.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 11 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) fell to all time lows; falling 11.34% or 0.1181 to 0.9231.
Brent oil for March delivery was down 1.24% or 0.68 to $54.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 1.04% or 0.54 to hit $51.42 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.12% or 1.45 to trade at $1183.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.0553, while EUR/GBP fell 0.12% to 0.8686.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.14% at 102.06.