Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Technology and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.59%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were EDP (LS:EDP), which rose 3.82% or 0.1180 points to trade at 3.2050 at the close. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) added 1.95% or 0.0600 points to end at 3.1400 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was up 1.64% or 0.180 points to 11.160 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 2.74% or 0.0060 points to trade at 0.2130 in late trade. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 1.27% or 0.2400 points to end at 18.6800 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) shed 1.27% or 0.0400 points to 3.1200.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 17 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was up 2.09% or 1.40 to $68.51 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 2.11% or 1.31 to hit $63.37 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.50 to trade at $1339.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.36% to 1.2325, while EUR/GBP fell 0.01% to 0.8714.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 89.53.