Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities , Consumer Goods and Industrials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI lost 0.23%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Altri SGPS SA (ELI: ALSS ), which rose 2.04% or 0.11 points to trade at 5.25 at the close. Meanwhile, The Navigator Company SA (ELI: NVGR ) added 1.32% or 0.05 points to end at 3.70 and Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI: RENE ) was up 0.84% or 0.02 points to 2.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were EDP Renovaveis (ELI: EDPR ), which fell 2.99% or 0.34 points to trade at 11.03 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (ELI: IBS ) declined 2.40% or 0.18 points to end at 7.32 and EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI: EDP ) was down 1.66% or 0.06 points to 3.44.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 14 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for January delivery was up 2.73% or 1.94 to $72.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 2.82% or 1.89 to hit $68.81 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.69% or 43.45 to trade at $2,613.55 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.45% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.25% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.35% at 106.24.