Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.59% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 0.95% or 0.100 points to trade at 10.640 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) added 0.25% or 0.0080 points to end at 3.1640 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 0.23% or 0.0200 points to 8.8000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO), which lost 2.80% or 0.0275 points to trade at 0.9535 in late trade. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) declined 2.30% or 0.1060 points to end at 4.4960 and Semapa (LS:SEM) shed 2.02% or 0.3800 points to 18.4400.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 14 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.08% or 0.06 to $72.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 0.12% or 0.08 to hit $67.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.40 to trade at $1201.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.58% to 1.1344, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.8920.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.42% at 96.56.