Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms, Utilities and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 1.21%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 0.33% or 0.0006 points to trade at 0.1800 at the close. Meanwhile, REN (LS:RENE) added 0.23% or 0.0060 points to end at 2.5760 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) was up 0.11% or 0.0010 points to 0.8790 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which fell 4.08% or 0.0830 points to trade at 1.9520 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 2.94% or 0.4100 points to end at 13.5400 and Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO) was down 2.26% or 0.0215 points to 0.9295.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 19 to 9 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was down 3.13% or 1.93 to $59.66 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 3.71% or 1.99 to hit $51.70 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.37% or 4.75 to trade at $1302.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.23% to 1.1439, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8683.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 95.343.