Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.73%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 2.02% or 0.0150 points to trade at 0.7560 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 1.08% or 0.1150 points to end at 10.7650 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 0.84% or 0.0600 points to 7.1700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which lost 4.30% or 0.6350 points to trade at 14.1400 in late trade. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 2.46% or 0.0420 points to end at 1.6640 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) shed 1.91% or 0.160 points to 8.220.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 16 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was down 4.42% or 3.10 to $67.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 4.57% or 2.74 to hit $57.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1202.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1275, while EUR/GBP fell 0.71% to 0.8668.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 97.07.