Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI lost 1.55%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were Semapa (ELI:SEM), which rose 1.34% or 0.20 points to trade at 15.14 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP) unchanged 1.31% or 0.00 points to end at 0.38 and The Navigator Company SA (ELI:NVGR) was unchanged 0.05% or 0.00 points to 3.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR), which fell 6.42% or 0.92 points to trade at 13.41 at the close. EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP) declined 3.37% or 0.12 points to end at 3.56 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) was down 1.83% or 0.36 points to 19.26.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 22 to 9 and 2 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP) unchanged to 5-year highs; unchanged 1.31% or 0.00 to 0.38.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 0.14% or 0.12 to $84.91 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 0.20% or 0.16 to hit $80.86 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.78% or 18.85 to trade at $2,439.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.14% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.06% at 103.85.