Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Utilities and Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.37% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 0.49% or 0.055 points to trade at 11.210 at the close. Meanwhile, J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 0.34% or 0.0550 points to end at 16.4550 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was up 0.19% or 0.0070 points to 3.6570 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which fell 1.69% or 0.235 points to trade at 13.680 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) declined 1.55% or 0.0150 points to end at 0.9550 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was down 0.97% or 0.1550 points to 15.7900.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 10 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 1.80% or 0.95 to $51.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.77% or 0.86 to hit $47.80 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.08 to trade at $1295.68 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.50% to 1.1820, while EUR/GBP rose 0.25% to 0.9156.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 92.98.