Around 09:10 am in Lisbon, the PSI maintained the opening trend and fell 0.57% to 6.864.16 points, with 12 'stocks' falling, three rising and one maintaining the price (Ibersol at 7.46 euros).

Altri shares were followed by EDP, Mota-Engil and EDP Renováveis, which fell 1.89% to 3.73 euros, 1.46% to 3.92 euros and 1.16% to 14.54 euros.

In the same direction, CTT, Navigator and Jerónimo Martins shares fell 0.84% to 4.21 euros, 0.78% to 4.08 euros and 0.77% to 20.64 euros.

NOS, REN and Sonae shares fell 0.44% to 3.41 euros, 0.40% to 2.47 euros and 0.32% to 0.92 euros.

The other two shares that fell in price were Semapa and Greenvolt, which fell 0.25% to 16.26 euros and 0.06% to 8.30 euros.

On the other hand, Galp, Corticeira Amorim and BCP shares rose 0.31% to 19.26 euros, 0.21% to 9.48 euros and 0.06% to 0.36 euros.

The main European stock exchanges were down today, on a transition day when there will be no relevant macroeconomic and business references.

On the other side of the Atlantic, Wall Street ended mixed, although the Nasdaq technology index hit a new record high, supported by Nvidia, the 'microchip' company that will present results on Wednesday.

Analysts at Renta4 explain that one of the most important business events of the week will be Nvidia's results, while on the macroeconomic front, the main data will be released on Wednesday (UK CPI) and Thursday (global PMI).

Thus, on a day of transition, losses prevailed in Asia in the early hours of this morning, as well as in Europe.

Among the macroeconomic references in Europe, the highlight is the release today of the producer price index (PPI) in Germany, which is expected to have continued to fall, "thus removing pressure on inflation at the factory level in the country", according to analysts at Link Securities quoted by Efe.

In the United States, all eyes will be on the statements of several members of the Federal Reserve (Fed).

In addition, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is visiting Frankfurt, where she is meeting with representatives of European banking institutions.

In other markets, gold, which hit record highs the day before, fell back to $2,414.7.

The interest rate on the 10-year German bond, considered the safest in Europe, fell to 2.511%, compared to 2.528% on Monday.

The barrel of Brent oil for delivery in July opened down today, trading at 83.15 dollars on the Intercontinental Exchange Futures (ICE) in London, compared to 83.71 dollars on Monday.

In terms of exchange rates, the euro opened lower on the Frankfurt foreign exchange market, trading at 1.0865 dollars, compared to 1.0866 dollars in the previous session.

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