Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.67%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were REN (LS:RENE), which rose 1.72% or 0.0450 points to trade at 2.6660 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP (LS:EDP) added 1.58% or 0.0490 points to end at 3.1530 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 1.45% or 0.1600 points to 11.2100 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which fell 3.31% or 0.1030 points to trade at 3.0120 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 2.54% or 0.0460 points to end at 1.7620 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was down 0.30% or 0.0020 points to 0.6730.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 33 to 15 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for July delivery was down 3.31% or 1.57 to $45.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 2.83% or 1.30 to hit $44.62 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.35% or 4.50 to trade at $1295.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.58% to 1.1521, while EUR/GBP rose 0.15% to 0.7855.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.43% at 92.62.