Portugal stocks lower at close of trade; PSI down 0.19%

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Services , Financials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI fell 0.19%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP ), which rose 0.93% or 0.03 points to trade at 3.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP ) added 0.72% or 0.12 points to end at 16.84 and Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:RENE ) was up 0.21% or 0.01 points to 2.37 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT ), which fell 1.18% or 0.22 points to trade at 18.45 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (ELI:CORA ) declined 0.84% or 0.07 points to end at 8.27 and The Navigator Company SA (ELI:NVGR ) was down 0.76% or 0.03 points to 3.41.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 15 to 8 and 7 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for February delivery was up 0.61% or 0.44 to $72.58 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 0.80% or 0.55 to hit $68.92 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.18% or 31.61 to trade at $2,717.41 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.37% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.45% to 0.82.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 106.19.

Source: Investing.com