Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.90% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 5.63% or 0.0940 points to trade at 1.7640 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) added 3.02% or 0.270 points to end at 9.220 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was up 2.75% or 0.220 points to 8.220 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EDP (LS:EDP), which lost 0.68% or 0.0210 points to trade at 3.0780 in late trade. Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS:RAMA) declined 0.65% or 0.050 points to end at 7.600 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) shed 0.51% or 0.0400 points to 7.8200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 25 to 9 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 2.00% or 1.14 to $58.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 2.59% or 1.24 to hit $49.20 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.28% or 3.60 to trade at $1289.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.68% to 1.1470, while EUR/GBP rose 0.36% to 0.8981.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 95.278.