Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Technology and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 2.16% or 0.240 points to trade at 11.340 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) added 1.79% or 0.200 points to end at 11.400 and Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) was up 1.65% or 0.2600 points to 16.0450 in late trade.
Biggest losers included F.Rama (LS:RAMA), which lost 3.53% or 0.300 points to trade at 8.200 in late trade. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 2.74% or 0.0850 points to end at 3.0200 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) shed 1.73% or 0.0160 points to 0.9100.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 16 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for August delivery was up 1.69% or 1.24 to $74.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.23% or 0.15 to hit $65.00 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1280.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.02% to 1.1608, while EUR/GBP rose 0.31% to 0.8767.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 94.48.