Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Services, Consumer Goods and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae (LS:YSO), which rose 3.43% or 0.0240 points to trade at 0.7230 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 2.27% or 0.0040 points to end at 0.1800 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 1.21% or 0.0430 points to 3.6000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which fell 1.57% or 0.2100 points to trade at 13.1650 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 1.22% or 0.1450 points to end at 11.7800 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was down 1.16% or 0.0200 points to 1.7070.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 27 to 16 and 15 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 2.91% or 1.48 to $49.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 2.87% or 1.41 to hit $47.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.17% or 2.35 to trade at $1343.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1318, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.8616.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.05% at 94.53.