Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the , and sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the lost 0.80%.
The best performers of the session on the were Galp Energia Nom (ELI:), which rose 0.77% or 0.13 points to trade at 16.93 at the close. Meanwhile, Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:) added 0.62% or 0.11 points to end at 17.75 and Altri SGPS SA (ELI:) was up 0.50% or 0.03 points to 5.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:), which fell 4.54% or 0.02 points to trade at 0.39 at the close. Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:) declined 3.90% or 0.10 points to end at 2.47 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:) was down 1.14% or 0.05 points to 4.34.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 13 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for December delivery was up 3.84% or 2.75 to $74.45 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 4.15% or 2.83 to hit $71.00 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.03% or 27.35 to trade at $2,686.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.07% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.45% at 100.97.
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