Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 1.25%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 7.24% or 0.1100 points to trade at 1.6300 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) added 2.33% or 0.0055 points to end at 0.2416 and Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO) was up 2.25% or 0.0185 points to 0.8405 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which fell 0.38% or 0.0400 points to trade at 10.6000 at the close. Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) declined 0.26% or 0.0020 points to end at 0.7630 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was 0.00% or 0.000 points to 8.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 7 and 13 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for February delivery was up 2.63% or 1.55 to $60.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.28% or 1.15 to hit $51.57 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.05% or 0.60 to trade at $1228.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.1342, while EUR/GBP rose 0.01% to 0.8849.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 96.885.