Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Industrials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP), which rose 2.16% or 0.3550 points to trade at 16.7800 at the close. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) added 1.72% or 0.1400 points to end at 8.3000 and Semapa (LS:SEM) was up 1.29% or 0.2200 points to 17.3200 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which lost 2.12% or 0.0450 points to trade at 2.0750 in late trade. Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) declined 1.89% or 0.220 points to end at 11.420 and Sonae Capital (LS:SONAC) shed 1.70% or 0.0130 points to 0.7530.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 13 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was up 2.75% or 2.15 to $80.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 2.19% or 1.55 to hit $72.33 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 3.80 to trade at $1205.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.16% to 1.1768, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8966.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.07% at 93.72.