Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI lost 0.80%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI were Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP), which rose 0.77% or 0.13 points to trade at 16.93 at the close. Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) added 0.62% or 0.11 points to end at 17.75 and Altri SGPS SA (ELI:ALSS) was up 0.50% or 0.03 points to 5.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP), which lost 4.54% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.39 in late trade. Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA) declined 3.90% or 0.10 points to end at 2.47 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT) shed 1.14% or 0.05 points to 4.34.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 13 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was up 3.75% or 2.69 to $74.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 4.03% or 2.75 to hit $70.92 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.02% or 27.05 to trade at $2,686.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.62% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 100.98.