Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Consumer Services, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.61%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 0.76% or 0.0019 points to trade at 0.2512 at the close. Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) added 0.66% or 0.021 points to end at 3.200 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was up 0.57% or 0.070 points to 12.435 in late trade.
Biggest losers included J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which lost 1.76% or 0.3100 points to trade at 17.2700 in late trade. REN (LS:RENE) declined 1.71% or 0.0480 points to end at 2.7550 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) shed 1.58% or 0.230 points to 14.320.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 16 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.96% or 0.46 to $48.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.11% or 0.51 to hit $46.28 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.04% or 0.44 to trade at $1255.34 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.23% to 1.1637, while EUR/GBP fell 0.45% to 0.8933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.86.