Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 6.42% or 0.0070 points to trade at 0.1160 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 2.70% or 0.0400 points to end at 1.5200 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 0.84% or 0.0570 points to 6.8460 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which fell 2.01% or 0.0110 points to trade at 0.5370 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 1.07% or 0.0002 points to end at 0.0185 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was down 0.74% or 0.0410 points to 5.5130.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 26 to 16 and 10 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 0.48% or 0.24 to $50.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.37% or 0.18 to hit $48.81 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 1.13% or 15.15 to trade at $1354.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.06% to 1.1145, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.8391.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.08% at 95.64.