Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were F.Rama (LS:RAMA), which rose 1.98% or 0.200 points to trade at 10.300 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO) added 1.85% or 0.0175 points to end at 0.9630 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 1.48% or 0.0480 points to 3.2840 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 2.05% or 0.0045 points to trade at 0.2155 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 0.84% or 0.0700 points to end at 8.2800 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was down 0.65% or 0.1200 points to 18.3000.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.71% or 0.51 to $72.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.40% or 0.26 to hit $65.47 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.98% or 11.60 to trade at $1195.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1459, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8964.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 95.86.