Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Technology, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 3.08% or 0.320 points to trade at 10.720 at the close. REN (LS:RENE) added 0.72% or 0.0180 points to end at 2.5260 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 0.50% or 0.0400 points to 8.0000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT), which lost 2.37% or 0.0740 points to trade at 3.0540 in late trade. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 2.21% or 0.0060 points to end at 0.2660 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) shed 1.32% or 0.0030 points to 0.2250.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.67% or 0.45 to $68.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.75% or 0.47 to hit $63.48 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.69% or 9.30 to trade at $1337.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.31% to 1.2264, while EUR/GBP fell 0.46% to 0.8720.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 89.84.