Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Financials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 1.62% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR), which rose 0.17% or 0.0150 points to trade at 8.7800 at the close. Meanwhile, Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) fell 0.39% or 0.0700 points to end at 17.6600 and Sonae (LS:YSO) was down 0.61% or 0.0060 points to 0.9810 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR), which fell 7.74% or 0.3860 points to trade at 4.6020 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 4.66% or 0.9200 points to end at 18.8200 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was down 3.34% or 0.3000 points to 8.6700.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 25 to 6 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for October delivery was down 1.95% or 1.42 to $71.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 2.45% or 1.66 to hit $65.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.45% or 17.70 to trade at $1201.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.18% to 1.1391, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8934.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 96.27.