Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Basic Materials and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.30% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 3.73% or 0.0260 points to trade at 0.7230 at the close. Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) added 2.76% or 0.1630 points to end at 6.0760 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 1.69% or 0.0300 points to 1.8000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which lost 1.01% or 0.1300 points to trade at 12.6950 in late trade. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) declined 0.80% or 0.1300 points to end at 16.1200 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) shed 0.40% or 0.0010 points to 0.2510.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 32 to 14 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 2.01% or 1.04 to $50.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.05% or 1.04 to hit $49.81 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.35% or 4.45 to trade at $1263.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.04% to 1.0878, while EUR/GBP rose 0.33% to 0.8914.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 98.78.