Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Financials and Industrials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 2.33%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 8.61% or 0.0180 points to trade at 0.2270 at the close. Meanwhile, Banco BPI (LS:BBPI) added 6.71% or 0.0640 points to end at 1.0180 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 6.52% or 0.0900 points to 1.4700 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Teixeira Duarte (LS:TDSA), which fell 1.87% or 0.0050 points to trade at 0.2630 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) declined 0.56% or 0.0050 points to end at 0.8830 and Impresa SGPS (LS:IMPA) was up 0.22% or 0.0010 points to 0.4510.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 34 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for April delivery was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 to $33.36 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 1.02% or 0.30 to hit $29.74 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 2.45% or 30.40 to trade at $1209.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.99% to 1.1144, while EUR/GBP fell 0.51% to 0.7720.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.87% at 96.82.