Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.01%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 2.16% or 0.240 points to trade at 11.340 at the close. Meanwhile, Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 1.79% or 0.200 points to end at 11.400 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 1.65% or 0.2600 points to 16.0450 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were F.Rama (LS:RAMA), which fell 3.53% or 0.300 points to trade at 8.200 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 2.74% or 0.0850 points to end at 3.0200 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was down 1.73% or 0.0160 points to 0.9100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 16 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for August delivery was up 1.67% or 1.23 to $74.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.20% or 0.13 to hit $64.98 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1280.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1608, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.8767.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 94.50.