Portugal stocks lower at close of trade; PSI down 0.70%

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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI declined 0.70%.

The best performers of the session on the PSI were Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS ), which rose 0.41% or 0.02 points to trade at 3.64 at the close. Meanwhile, Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:RENE ) added 0.41% or 0.01 points to end at 2.45 and Corticeira Amorim (ELI:CORA ) was up 0.34% or 0.03 points to 8.95 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR ), which fell 1.93% or 0.31 points to trade at 15.76 at the close. Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP ) declined 1.26% or 0.01 points to end at 0.41 and Semapa (ELI:SEM ) was down 0.82% or 0.12 points to 14.46.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 16 to 9 and 9 ended unchanged.

Brent oil for November delivery was up 1.28% or 0.92 to $72.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.48% or 1.00 to hit $68.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.08% or 2.00 to trade at $2,608.70 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 0.46% to 1.11, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.19% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.37% at 100.42.

Source: Investing.com