Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Consumer Goods and Consumer Services sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.82% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA), which rose 4.75% or 0.147 points to trade at 3.239 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) added 1.12% or 0.0028 points to end at 0.2523 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 0.37% or 0.0600 points to 16.2800 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 7.12% or 0.0280 points to trade at 0.3650 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 3.28% or 0.380 points to end at 11.205 and REN (LS:RENE) was down 3.01% or 0.0800 points to 2.5800.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 28 to 4 and 8 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 0.41% or 0.26 to $63.26 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.26% or 0.15 to hit $56.89 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.15 to trade at $1279.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1660, while EUR/GBP rose 0.61% to 0.8896.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.44.