Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.55%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 1.14% or 0.1800 points to trade at 15.9900 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) added 0.54% or 0.0320 points to end at 5.9580 and Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) was down 0.18% or 0.0020 points to 1.1280 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which fell 2.65% or 0.0200 points to trade at 0.7350 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 1.92% or 0.0320 points to end at 1.6330 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was down 1.63% or 0.2150 points to 12.9650.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 22 to 7 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for March delivery was down 2.85% or 1.63 to $55.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 2.91% or 1.57 to hit $52.42 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.82% or 9.65 to trade at $1183.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.31% to 1.0566, while EUR/GBP rose 1.31% to 0.8687.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.18% at 101.99.