Portugal stocks lower at close of trade; PSI down 0.15%

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials , Technology and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI declined 0.15%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR ), which rose 1.99% or 0.25 points to trade at 12.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT ) added 1.31% or 0.24 points to end at 18.51 and Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP ) was up 1.04% or 0.17 points to 16.11 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP ), which fell 2.61% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.45 at the close. Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA ) declined 2.16% or 0.06 points to end at 2.53 and Semapa (ELI:SEM ) was down 1.39% or 0.20 points to 14.22.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 14 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for January delivery was up 2.35% or 1.72 to $74.82 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.56% or 1.78 to hit $71.27 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 6.10 to trade at $2,743.10 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.42% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.27% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 103.79.

Source: Investing.com