Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.57%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO), which rose 2.89% or 0.0250 points to trade at 0.8910 at the close. Meanwhile, Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 2.46% or 0.0042 points to end at 0.1746 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 0.32% or 0.0250 points to 7.8850 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS), which fell 3.13% or 0.2300 points to trade at 7.1100 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 2.85% or 0.0500 points to end at 1.7060 and The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) was down 1.94% or 0.0800 points to 4.0340.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 18 to 10 and 7 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was up 1.17% or 0.82 to $71.00 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.96% or 0.58 to hit $60.77 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 3.00 to trade at $1203.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.81% to 1.1244, while EUR/GBP rose 0.16% to 0.8749.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.63% at 97.34.