Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.01% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banif SA (LISBON:BANIF), which rose 2.94% or 0.0002 points to trade at 0.0070 at the close. Banco BPI (LISBON:BBPI) added 1.81% or 0.0240 points to end at 1.3510 and Impresa SGPS (LISBON:IMPA) was up 1.79% or 0.01 points to 0.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LISBON:MOTA), which lost 2.72% or 0.0645 points to trade at 2.3055 in late trade. Nos SGPS SA (LISBON:NOS) declined 1.74% or 0.1160 points to end at 6.5340 and J. Martins SGPS (LISBON:JMT) shed 1.04% or 0.1250 points to 11.9350.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 40 to 26 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was up 3.28% or 2.06 to $64.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 3.18% or 1.85 to hit $59.99 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.25% or 2.90 to trade at $1176.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.24% to 1.1265, while EUR/GBP fell 0.37% to 0.7332.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.03% at 95.25.