Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Industrials and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 1.56% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC), which rose 2.14% or 0.0150 points to trade at 0.7150 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) added 0.06% or 0.0020 points to end at 3.1870 and Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS:RAMA) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 9.900 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 4.88% or 0.0960 points to trade at 1.8700 in late trade. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) declined 4.11% or 0.0096 points to end at 0.2240 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) shed 3.39% or 0.0056 points to 0.1594.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 25 to 4 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.91% or 0.77 to $83.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November fell 0.62% or 0.46 to hit $73.88 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.32% or 15.90 to trade at $1189.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.1479, while EUR/GBP rose 0.06% to 0.8784.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.21% at 95.51.