Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities , Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI fell 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI: BCP ), which rose 2.14% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.47 at the close. Meanwhile, Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI: MOTA ) added 1.73% or 0.05 points to end at 3.06 and Nos SGPS SA (ELI: NOS ) was up 1.47% or 0.05 points to 3.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were EDP Renovaveis (ELI: EDPR ), which fell 2.69% or 0.28 points to trade at 9.96 at the close. EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI: EDP ) declined 1.31% or 0.04 points to end at 3.16 and Semapa (ELI: SEM ) was down 1.25% or 0.18 points to 14.22.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 14 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI: BCP ) rose to 5-year highs; rising 2.14% or 0.01 to 0.47.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.16% or 0.12 to $76.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.07% or 0.05 to hit $74.01 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.13% or 3.54 to trade at $2,651.16 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.62% at 108.12.