Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Financials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.02%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 1.19% or 0.0110 points to trade at 0.9340 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae (LS:YSO) added 1.18% or 0.0120 points to end at 1.0300 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 1.17% or 0.0350 points to 3.0300 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which fell 1.06% or 0.0520 points to trade at 4.8500 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 0.88% or 0.2000 points to end at 22.6500 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was down 0.82% or 0.100 points to 12.100.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 14 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 4.21% or 3.17 to $72.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.95% or 2.76 to hit $67.19 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.19% or 2.40 to trade at $1238.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1700, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.34.