Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Basic Materials and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.03%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which rose 1.84% or 0.2250 points to trade at 12.4350 at the close. Meanwhile, Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 1.38% or 0.099 points to end at 7.299 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 1.24% or 0.1850 points to 15.1600 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 5.45% or 0.0011 points to trade at 0.0191 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 2.31% or 0.0800 points to end at 3.3860 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was down 2.01% or 0.0140 points to 0.6820.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 26 to 24 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) rose to 52-week highs; up 1.24% or 0.1850 to 15.1600.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 3.47% or 1.51 to $42.02 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.73% or 1.55 to hit $40.05 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.17% or 2.25 to trade at $1359.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1168, while EUR/GBP rose 0.14% to 0.8459.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.12% at 95.64.