Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Technology and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.13%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Semapa (LS:SEM), which rose 3.79% or 0.7200 points to trade at 19.7000 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 2.43% or 0.0055 points to end at 0.2320 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was up 1.27% or 0.0560 points to 4.4760 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which fell 1.22% or 0.2150 points to trade at 17.3800 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) declined 0.59% or 0.0300 points to end at 5.0300 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 0.53% or 0.0180 points to 3.3940.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 21 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Semapa (LS:SEM) rose to all time highs; up 3.79% or 0.7200 to 19.7000.
Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.67% or 0.45 to $67.49 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.80% or 0.51 to hit $64.06 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.14% or 1.80 to trade at $1332.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.2301, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8813.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 89.86.