Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.02%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 1.19% or 0.0110 points to trade at 0.9340 at the close. Sonae (LS:YSO) added 1.18% or 0.0120 points to end at 1.0300 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 1.17% or 0.0350 points to 3.0300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS), which lost 1.06% or 0.0520 points to trade at 4.8500 in late trade. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 0.88% or 0.2000 points to end at 22.6500 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) shed 0.82% or 0.100 points to 12.100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 14 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was down 4.21% or 3.17 to $72.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September fell 3.93% or 2.75 to hit $67.20 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.20% or 2.50 to trade at $1238.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.12% to 1.1700, while EUR/GBP rose 0.19% to 0.8846.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 94.34.