Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.22%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which rose 1.49% or 0.150 points to trade at 10.200 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) added 1.23% or 0.0430 points to end at 3.5330 and REN (LS:RENE) was up 1.20% or 0.0300 points to 2.5200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Semapa (LS:SEM), which lost 1.21% or 0.2500 points to trade at 20.4500 in late trade. EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) declined 1.03% or 0.0900 points to end at 8.6900 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) shed 0.78% or 0.0021 points to 0.2659.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 15 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for October delivery was up 1.03% or 0.77 to $75.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in September rose 1.94% or 1.33 to hit $70.02 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.10 to trade at $1221.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.47% to 1.1713, while EUR/GBP rose 0.26% to 0.8918.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 94.09.