Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.74%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 6.19% or 0.0180 points to trade at 0.3090 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) added 2.13% or 0.2750 points to end at 13.1900 and Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) was up 1.63% or 0.0180 points to 1.1240 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 9.46% or 0.0164 points to trade at 0.1570 in late trade. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) declined 1.60% or 0.0800 points to end at 4.9200 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) shed 1.19% or 0.1650 points to 13.6700.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 15 and 9 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was down 1.69% or 0.94 to $54.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 2.11% or 1.12 to hit $51.89 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 4.55 to trade at $1236.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.0699, while EUR/GBP fell 0.64% to 0.8565.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.37% at 100.21.