Portugal stocks higher at close of trade; PSI up 0.47%

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities , Industrials and Financials sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI rose 0.47%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Corticeira Amorim (ELI:CORA ), which rose 2.52% or 0.21 points to trade at 8.53 at the close. Meanwhile, EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR ) added 2.47% or 0.27 points to end at 11.21 and Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS ) was up 1.91% or 0.14 points to 7.46 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS ), which fell 1.56% or 0.06 points to trade at 3.46 at the close. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT ) declined 0.78% or 0.04 points to end at 4.47 and Sonae SGPS SA (ELI:YSO ) was 0.43% or 0.00 points to 0.92.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 17 to 9 and 2 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for February delivery was down 2.40% or 1.79 to $72.84 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 2.61% or 1.86 to hit $69.38 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 2.86% or 78.20 to trade at $2,659.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 0.60% to 1.05, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.29% to 0.83.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 106.99.

Source: Investing.com