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 0.94%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 4.55% or 0.0310 points to trade at 0.7130 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 2.17% or 0.0030 points to end at 0.1410 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 0.15% or 0.0120 points to 7.8510 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which fell 5.61% or 0.0021 points to trade at 0.0353 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 4.06% or 0.1540 points to end at 3.6400 and REN (LS:RENE) was down 3.44% or 0.0970 points to 2.7230.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 29 to 16 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.55% or 0.0310 to 0.7130.
Brent oil for June delivery was up 0.30% or 0.13 to $43.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in June fell 0.65% or 0.27 to hit $41.44 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.06% or 0.80 to trade at $1233.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.30% to 1.1318, while EUR/GBP fell 0.19% to 0.7929.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 94.45.