Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Utilities sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.14% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 6.98% or 0.0102 points to trade at 0.1564 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) added 1.40% or 0.0110 points to end at 0.7950 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 0.69% or 0.0900 points to 13.1500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 1.83% or 0.0300 points to trade at 1.6090 in late trade. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 1.64% or 0.145 points to end at 8.710 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) shed 0.95% or 0.0570 points to 5.9430.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 9 and 11 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was up 1.64% or 0.91 to $56.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.43% or 0.75 to hit $53.38 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.27% or 15.20 to trade at $1211.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.79% to 1.0779, while EUR/GBP rose 0.12% to 0.8574.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.72% at 99.70.