Portugal stocks lower at close of trade; PSI down 0.29%

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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI declined 0.29%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS ), which rose 1.81% or 0.07 points to trade at 3.66 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP ) added 1.41% or 0.05 points to end at 3.88 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT ) was up 0.64% or 0.11 points to 17.34 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP ), which fell 2.47% or 0.43 points to trade at 16.78 at the close. Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA ) declined 2.29% or 0.06 points to end at 2.47 and Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP ) was down 1.39% or 0.01 points to 0.43.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 13 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for December delivery was down 4.73% or 3.66 to $73.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 4.93% or 3.64 to hit $70.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 18.55 to trade at $2,684.15 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.09% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 102.96.

Source: Investing.com