Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 1.15%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were EDP (LS:EDP), which rose 2.49% or 0.0680 points to trade at 2.8030 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 1.91% or 0.3000 points to end at 16.0200 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 1.67% or 0.0930 points to 5.6550 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae (LS:YSO), which fell 0.58% or 0.0040 points to trade at 0.6800 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 0.42% or 0.0500 points to end at 11.7200 and Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) was down 0.09% or 0.0010 points to 1.1280.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 36 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) rose to 3-years highs; rising 1.91% or 0.3000 to 16.0200.
Brent oil for December delivery was up 2.12% or 1.10 to $53.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.63% or 1.31 to hit $51.12 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.67% or 8.45 to trade at $1260.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.46% to 1.1149, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.9004.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 96.85.