Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 5.22% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Nos SGPS SA (LISBON:NOS), which fell 2.36% or 0.1710 points to trade at 7.0800 at the close. Meanwhile, Galp Energia Nom (LISBON:GALP) fell 2.85% or 0.3125 points to end at 10.6575 and REN (LISBON:RENE) was down 2.85% or 0.0750 points to 2.5610 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (LISBON:BCP), which fell 11.35% or 0.0096 points to trade at 0.0750 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LISBON:PHRA) declined 9.30% or 0.0400 points to end at 0.3900 and Mota Engil (LISBON:MOTA) was down 8.98% or 0.2225 points to 2.2545.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 66 to 1 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was down 2.25% or 1.43 to $61.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 2.10% or 1.25 to hit $58.38 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.42% or 4.90 to trade at $1178.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.22% to 1.1188, while EUR/GBP rose 0.13% to 0.7099.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 95.30.