Lisbon, Aug. 5, 2025 (Lusa) - The Lisbon stock market was trading lower on Tuesday morning, with EDP shares falling 1.01% to €3.72 and Mota-Engil shares rising 4.22% to €4.89.

At around 9.20 a.m. in Lisbon, the benchmark PSI (Portuguese Stock Index) was holdingon to its opening trend and falling 0.19% to 7,714.79 points, with eight stocks falling and seven rising.

EDP shares were followed by Jerónimo Martins, REN and Semapa, which were down 0.95% to €20.94, 0.67% to €2.98 and 0.58% to €17.26.

More moderately, EDP Renováveis, Sonae and NOS shares were off 0.48% to €10.26, 0.31% to €1.27 and 0.27% to €3.68.

BCP shares were falling 0.22% to €0.74.

In contrast, after Mota-Engil, shares in Ibersol, CTT and Navigator were rising 1.05% to €9.62, 0.80% to €7.53 and 0.58% to €3.15.

Shares in Galp, Corticeira Amorim and Altri were also on the rise, namely 0.52% to €16.37, 0.13% to €7.78 and 0.10% to €4.84.

The main European stock markets started the day with gains, with investors awaiting the July PMI (Purchasing Managers' Index) for the eurozone and the United States.

Meanwhile, futures contracts for the main market indicators on Wall Street also anticipate a session with slight gains, after recording a significant recovery on Monday.

Today in Asia, the main index of the Tokyo stock market, the Nikkei, rose 0.64%, while the Shanghai stock market advanced 0.96% and the Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong recorded gains of 0.56%.

In Japan, it was announced that the final PMIs for July remained “very much in line with preliminary data,” according to Renta4 experts quoted by Efe.

Brent crude oil, the benchmark in Europe, for October delivery, is retreating to US$68.47, compared to US$68.76 on Monday, after OPEC+ decided over the weekend to increase oil supply by 547,000 barrels per day from 1 September.

The euro is weaker, falling to US$1.1557 on the Frankfurt currency market, compared to US$1.1572 on Monday and the new high since 15 September 2021 of US$1.1789 on 2 July.

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