Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI declined 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR), which rose 1.99% or 0.25 points to trade at 12.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) added 1.31% or 0.24 points to end at 18.51 and Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP) was up 1.04% or 0.17 points to 16.11 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP), which fell 2.61% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.45 at the close. Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA) declined 2.16% or 0.06 points to end at 2.53 and Semapa (ELI:SEM) was down 1.39% or 0.20 points to 14.22.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 14 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was up 2.35% or 1.72 to $74.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.56% or 1.78 to hit $71.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 6.10 to trade at $2,743.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 103.79.