Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Telecoms and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 4.65% or 0.0800 points to trade at 1.8000 at the close. Meanwhile, Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) added 0.44% or 0.0600 points to end at 13.7100 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 0.41% or 0.0200 points to 4.8750 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Montepio (LS:MPIO), which fell 3.00% or 0.013 points to trade at 0.420 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 2.05% or 0.0080 points to end at 0.3830 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) was down 1.25% or 0.0640 points to 5.0680.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 17 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) fell to 52-week lows; down 1.25% or 0.0640 to 5.0680.
Brent oil for May delivery was down 0.18% or 0.09 to $51.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April fell 0.35% or 0.17 to hit $48.32 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.21% or 2.55 to trade at $1203.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.14% to 1.0663, while EUR/GBP fell 0.76% to 0.8714.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.23% at 101.15.