Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Industrials, Financials and Utilities sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 1.96%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI 20 were Semapa (LISBON:SEM), which rose 0.12% or 0.0150 points to trade at 12.0300 at the close. Meanwhile, REN (LISBON:RENE) fell 0.07% or 0.0020 points to end at 2.7250 and Altri SGPS (LISBON:ALSS) was down 0.41% or 0.0155 points to 3.7435 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Mota Engil (LISBON:MOTA), which fell 5.59% or 0.1525 points to trade at 2.5775 at the close. Teixeira Duarte (LISBON:TDSA) declined 5.07% or 0.0290 points to end at 0.5430 and Galp Energia Nom (LISBON:GALP) was down 3.15% or 0.3300 points to 10.1300.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 58 to 12 and 2 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for September delivery was down 1.68% or 0.92 to $53.70 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 1.29% or 0.62 to hit $47.52 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.99% or 10.80 to trade at $1096.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 1.24% to 1.1120, while EUR/GBP rose 0.90% to 0.7140.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.91% at 96.45.