Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Financials, Consumer Services and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 added 0.49% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 2.45% or 0.0037 points to trade at 0.1547 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 1.64% or 0.2650 points to end at 16.4050 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 1.40% or 0.0870 points to 6.3100 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 8.85% or 0.0340 points to trade at 0.3500 in late trade. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) declined 1.69% or 0.0860 points to end at 5.0110 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) shed 0.49% or 0.0210 points to 4.2660.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 17 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was up 0.56% or 0.31 to $56.12 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in April rose 0.37% or 0.20 to hit $53.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.45 to trade at $1238.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.00% to 1.0615, while EUR/GBP fell 0.48% to 0.8518.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 100.88.