Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Services and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.32%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were F.Rama (LS:RAMA), which rose 1.98% or 0.200 points to trade at 10.300 at the close. Sonae SGPS SA (LS:YSO) added 1.85% or 0.0175 points to end at 0.9630 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 1.48% or 0.0480 points to 3.2840 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 2.05% or 0.0045 points to trade at 0.2155 in late trade. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 0.84% or 0.0700 points to end at 8.2800 and Semapa (LS:SEM) shed 0.65% or 0.1200 points to 18.3000.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was up 0.70% or 0.50 to $72.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in October rose 0.37% or 0.24 to hit $65.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.96% or 11.40 to trade at $1195.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.17% to 1.1459, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8964.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.16% at 95.85.