Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.03%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 3.52% or 0.0170 points to trade at 0.5000 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) added 1.91% or 0.3200 points to end at 17.0350 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 1.04% or 0.0340 points to 3.2990 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which lost 2.09% or 0.265 points to trade at 12.385 in late trade. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 1.34% or 0.0730 points to end at 5.3800 and REN (LS:RENE) shed 1.27% or 0.0340 points to 2.6460.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 19 to 17 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.66% or 0.38 to $57.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.73% or 0.38 to hit $51.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.15% or 15.00 to trade at $1288.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.36% to 1.1753, while EUR/GBP rose 0.21% to 0.8920.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 93.48.