Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Consumer Goods, Industrials and Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which rose 2.08% or 0.0050 points to trade at 0.2450 at the close. EDP (LS:EDP) added 1.81% or 0.0620 points to end at 3.4920 and Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA) was up 1.79% or 0.200 points to 11.380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR), which lost 0.49% or 0.0450 points to trade at 9.0550 in late trade. Semapa (LS:SEM) declined 0.22% or 0.0500 points to end at 23.0000 and Sonae (LS:YSO) shed 0.10% or 0.0010 points to 1.0220.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 8 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was up 1.19% or 0.92 to $78.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August fell 0.24% or 0.18 to hit $73.62 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.36% or 4.50 to trade at $1260.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.01% to 1.1746, while EUR/GBP rose 0.54% to 0.8887.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.86.