Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.69% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 4.76% or 0.0082 points to trade at 0.1804 at the close. Meanwhile, Montepio (LS:MPIO) added 1.42% or 0.006 points to end at 0.429 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 1.27% or 0.2000 points to 15.9700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 1.81% or 0.0070 points to trade at 0.3800 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 1.66% or 0.0690 points to end at 4.0900 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 1.54% or 0.0790 points to 5.0410.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 14 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.31% or 0.16 to $50.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.81% or 0.39 to hit $47.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.54% or 6.75 to trade at $1255.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.0873, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8652.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 98.94.