Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 1.56% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 5.59% or 0.0120 points to trade at 0.2265 at the close. Meanwhile, The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 4.51% or 0.1710 points to end at 3.9600 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) was up 3.98% or 0.0130 points to 0.3400 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP (LS:EDP), which fell 2.52% or 0.0850 points to trade at 3.2890 at the close. REN (LS:RENE) added 0.18% or 0.0050 points to end at 2.7950 and Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) was up 0.35% or 0.011 points to 3.191.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 30 to 3 and 3 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for November delivery was down 0.49% or 0.27 to $55.35 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.50% or 0.25 to hit $50.19 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.11% or 14.66 to trade at $1310.54 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.10% to 1.1928, while EUR/GBP rose 0.65% to 0.8848.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 91.90.