Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.41%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which rose 2.72% or 0.3350 points to trade at 12.6650 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 2.09% or 0.0040 points to end at 0.1950 and EDP (LS:EDP) was up 1.67% or 0.0450 points to 2.7350 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 0.89% or 0.0150 points to trade at 1.6660 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 0.72% or 0.0090 points to end at 1.2400 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was down 0.70% or 0.0390 points to 5.5220.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 19 and 10 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was up 4.57% or 2.14 to $49.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 4.36% or 2.02 to hit $48.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.25 to trade at $1212.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.18% to 1.0608, while EUR/GBP fell 1.15% to 0.8493.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.32% at 101.09.