Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Basic Materials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.43% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 1.57% or 0.160 points to trade at 10.320 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 1.53% or 0.0800 points to end at 5.3200 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) was up 0.64% or 0.0200 points to 3.1500 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 4.47% or 0.1650 points to trade at 3.5250 in late trade. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 2.53% or 0.4800 points to end at 18.5200 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) shed 1.28% or 0.1850 points to 14.2300.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.44% or 0.31 to $69.50 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.65% or 0.43 to hit $65.45 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.39% or 5.30 to trade at $1355.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.76% to 1.2446, while EUR/GBP rose 0.05% to 0.8746.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.51% at 88.65.