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 gained 0.69% 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 4.76% or 0.0082 points to trade at 0.1804 at the close. Montepio (LS:MPIO) added 1.42% or 0.006 points to end at 0.429 and J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) was up 1.27% or 0.2000 points to 15.9700 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA), which lost 1.81% or 0.0070 points to trade at 0.3800 in late trade. Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) declined 1.66% or 0.0690 points to end at 4.0900 and CTT Correios de Portugal SA (LS:CTT) shed 1.54% or 0.0790 points to 5.0410.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 17 to 14 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for June delivery was down 0.29% or 0.15 to $50.77 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May fell 0.81% or 0.39 to hit $47.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.65 to trade at $1255.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.69% to 1.0873, while EUR/GBP fell 0.08% to 0.8652.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.65% at 98.94.