Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Industrials and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.54%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Semapa (LISBON:SEM), which rose 6.50% or 0.8000 points to trade at 13.1150 at the close. Meanwhile, Portucel (LISBON:PTI) added 2.37% or 0.0825 points to end at 3.5575 and Sonae (LISBON:YSO) was up 2.10% or 0.0265 points to 1.2895 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Galp Energia Nom (LISBON:GALP), which fell 2.35% or 0.2475 points to trade at 10.3025 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (LISBON:BCP) declined 1.43% or 0.0010 points to end at 0.0690 and Impresa SGPS (LISBON:IMPA) was down 1.25% or 0.01 points to 0.79.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 43 to 24 and 2 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 4.36% or 2.27 to $49.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.69% or 1.74 to hit $45.38 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.42% or 4.60 to trade at $1090.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.28% to 1.0953, while EUR/GBP fell 0.04% to 0.7027.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.26% at 97.58.