Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Technology, Basic Materials and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 1.82% or 0.0050 points to trade at 0.2790 at the close. The Navigator Company SA (LS:NVGR) added 1.50% or 0.0800 points to end at 5.4150 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) was up 1.44% or 0.1100 points to 7.7300 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae (LS:YSO), which lost 1.38% or 0.0160 points to trade at 1.1440 in late trade. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) declined 1.28% or 0.0035 points to end at 0.2700 and REN (LS:RENE) shed 0.38% or 0.0100 points to 2.6140.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 12 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was up 0.53% or 0.42 to $78.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July rose 0.95% or 0.68 to hit $72.05 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.18% or 2.30 to trade at $1289.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.1771, while EUR/GBP rose 0.46% to 0.8779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.02% at 93.60.