Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 1.51% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to trade at 0.7700 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) unchanged 0.00% or 0.0000 points to end at 3.0800 and REN (LS:RENE) was down 0.33% or 0.0080 points to 2.4080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 5.39% or 0.0860 points to trade at 1.5100 in late trade. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 3.11% or 0.1590 points to end at 4.9460 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) shed 2.66% or 0.0066 points to 0.2414.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 25 to 4 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was down 5.18% or 3.46 to $63.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 5.12% or 2.93 to hit $54.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.16% or 2.00 to trade at $1223.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.64% to 1.1381, while EUR/GBP fell 0.24% to 0.8889.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.54% at 96.58.