Portugal stocks lower at close of trade; PSI down 0.99%

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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI fell 0.99%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT ), which rose 1.74% or 0.29 points to trade at 16.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae SGPS SA (ELI:YSO ) added 0.74% or 0.01 points to end at 0.96 and Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS ) was up 0.56% or 0.04 points to 7.24 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP ), which fell 4.12% or 0.78 points to trade at 18.04 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP ) declined 2.24% or 0.01 points to end at 0.41 and Altri SGPS SA (ELI:ALSS ) was down 1.79% or 0.09 points to 4.83.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 9 and 9 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for November delivery was down 4.36% or 3.38 to $74.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 3.74% or 2.75 to hit $70.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 8.65 to trade at $2,518.95 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.28% to 1.10, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.06% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.14% at 101.76.

Source: Investing.com