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 0.36%.
The best performers of the session on the were Galp Energia Nom (ELI:), which rose 0.86% or 0.17 points to trade at 19.25 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:) added 0.61% or 0.02 points to end at 3.64 and Corticeira Amorim (ELI:) was up 0.33% or 0.03 points to 9.21 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:), which fell 2.50% or 0.09 points to trade at 3.58 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:) declined 1.63% or 0.07 points to end at 4.23 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:) was down 1.49% or 0.29 points to 19.15.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 15 to 10 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 0.66% or 0.56 to $84.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.56% or 0.46 to hit $81.17 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.33% or 7.75 to trade at $2,336.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.25% to 1.07, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.18% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 105.35.
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