Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.61%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 0.76% or 0.0019 points to trade at 0.2512 at the close. Meanwhile, Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) added 0.66% or 0.021 points to end at 3.200 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was up 0.57% or 0.070 points to 12.435 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which fell 1.76% or 0.3100 points to trade at 17.2700 at the close. REN (LS:RENE) declined 1.71% or 0.0480 points to end at 2.7550 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was down 1.58% or 0.230 points to 14.320.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 16 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.96% or 0.46 to $48.52 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.11% or 0.51 to hit $46.28 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.03% or 0.39 to trade at $1255.29 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1637, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.86.