Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities , Basic Materials and Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI rose 0.49%.
The best performers of the session on the PSI were EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI: EDP ), which rose 2.19% or 0.07 points to trade at 3.04 at the close. Meanwhile, Galp Energia Nom (ELI: GALP ) added 1.02% or 0.17 points to end at 16.35 and Semapa (ELI: SEM ) was up 0.84% or 0.12 points to 14.36 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ibersol SGPS (ELI: IBS ), which fell 0.52% or 0.04 points to trade at 7.60 at the close. Sonae SGPS SA (ELI: YSO ) unchanged 0.45% or 0.00 points to end at 0.89 and Corticeira Amorim (ELI: CORA ) was down 0.38% or 0.03 points to 7.92.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 14 to 9 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Corticeira Amorim (ELI: CORA ) fell to 3-years lows; losing 0.38% or 0.03 to 7.92.
Brent oil for March delivery was up 1.97% or 1.57 to $81.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in March rose 2.34% or 1.77 to hit $77.52 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.23% or 33.39 to trade at $2,681.61 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.26% to 1.02, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 109.74.