Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Industrials and Consumer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI gained 0.85% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT), which rose 3.87% or 0.18 points to trade at 4.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA) added 2.68% or 0.10 points to end at 3.68 and Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP) was up 2.55% or 0.48 points to 19.31 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT), which fell 1.41% or 0.28 points to trade at 19.53 at the close. The Navigator Company SA (ELI:NVGR) declined 0.41% or 0.02 points to end at 3.85 and Corticeira Amorim (ELI:CORA) was down 0.21% or 0.02 points to 9.56.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 11 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 3.87% or 0.18 to 4.70.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 0.54% or 0.45 to $82.18 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.57% or 0.45 to hit $78.19 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 8.30 to trade at $2,390.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.05% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.00% at 104.11.