Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 1.27%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA), which rose 1.68% or 0.050 points to trade at 3.030 at the close. Meanwhile, Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 1.17% or 0.120 points to end at 10.400 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 0.67% or 0.1200 points to 18.1200 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which fell 3.88% or 0.0090 points to trade at 0.2230 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 3.57% or 0.0109 points to end at 0.2945 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was down 2.53% or 0.0860 points to 3.3120.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 23 to 9 and 4 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was up 0.85% or 0.55 to $65.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 1.02% or 0.63 to hit $62.18 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.50% or 6.80 to trade at $1349.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.05% to 1.2411, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.8856.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 89.09.