Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Galp Energia Nom (LISBON:GALP), which rose 2.13% or 0.2150 points to trade at 10.3150 at the close. EDP Renovaveis (LISBON:EDPRu) added 1.17% or 0.0780 points to end at 6.7680 and Semapa (LISBON:SEM) was up 0.73% or 0.0875 points to 12.1125 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LISBON:BCP), which lost 4.26% or 0.0032 points to trade at 0.0720 in late trade. Mota Engil (LISBON:MOTA) declined 2.67% or 0.0685 points to end at 2.4975 and Banco BPI (LISBON:BBPI) shed 1.82% or 0.0190 points to 1.0240.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 40 to 25 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.22% or 0.12 to $53.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.52% or 0.72 to hit $48.11 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.24% or 2.60 to trade at $1094.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.34% to 1.1050, while EUR/GBP fell 0.65% to 0.7080.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.18% at 96.81.