Portugal Stock Market Overview

Investing.com – Portugal stocks were higher after the close on Monday, primarily driven by gains in the Financials, Industrials, and Utilities sectors.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI rose 0.26%.

Best Performers

• EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR): rose 1.36% or 0.19 points to 14.17
• CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:CTT): added 1.16% or 0.05 points to end at 4.38
• EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP): up 1.12% or 0.04 points to 3.80

Worst Performers

• Semapa (ELI:SEM): fell 1.12% or 0.16 points to trade at 14.14
• Altri SGPS SA (ELI:ALSS): declined 1.03% or 0.05 points to end at 4.79
• Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP): decreased by 0.77% or remained unchanged at 0.40

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Lisbon Stock Exchange by 15 to 14, with 2 ending unchanged.

Commodities Update

• Brent oil for November delivery increased by 2.30% or 1.80 to $79.95 a barrel.
• Crude oil for delivery in October rose 2.87% or 2.15 to hit $76.98 a barrel.
• December Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 4.60 to trade at $2,550.90 a troy ounce.

Currency Overview

• EUR/USD remained unchanged at 1.12
• EUR/GBP unchanged at 0.85
• US Dollar Index Futures increased 0.14% to 100.75.