We are concerned with periodic problems for nonlinear evolution equations at resonance of the formu(t) = −Au(t) + F (t, u(t)), where a densely defined linear operator A : D(A) → X on a Banach space X is such that −A generates a compact C 0 semigroup and F : [0, +∞) × X → X is a nonlinear perturbation. Imposing appropriate Landesman-Lazer type conditions on the nonlinear term F , we prove a formula expressing the fixed point index of the associated translation along trajectories operator, in the terms of a time averaging of F restricted to Ker A. By the formula, we show that the translation operator has a nonzero fixed point index and, in consequence, we conclude that the equation admits a periodic solution. T 0 P F (s, x) ds for x ∈ Nwhere P : X → X is a topological projection onto N with Ker P = M . First, we are concerned with an equatioṅ u(t) = −Au(t) + εF (t, u(t)), t > 0