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 lost 2.33% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Impresa SGPS (LISBON:IMPA), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to trade at 0.85 at the close. Meanwhile, REN (LISBON:RENE) fell 0.43% or 0.0110 points to end at 2.5360 and J. Martins SGPS (LISBON:JMT) was down 0.47% or 0.0575 points to 12.2925 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teixeira Duarte (LISBON:TDSA), which fell 9.65% or 0.0580 points to trade at 0.5430 at the close. Mota Engil (LISBON:MOTA) declined 7.35% or 0.1670 points to end at 2.1060 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LISBON:BCP) was down 6.76% or 0.0058 points to 0.0800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 66 to 2 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Teixeira Duarte (LISBON:TDSA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 9.65% or 0.0580 to 0.5430. Shares in Mota Engil (LISBON:MOTA) fell to 52-week lows; falling 7.35% or 0.1670 to 2.1060.
Brent oil for August delivery was down 0.78% or 0.51 to $64.14 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.70% or 0.42 to hit $59.98 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.72% or 8.50 to trade at $1187.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1274, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.00% to 0.7238.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.07% at 95.17.