Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Technology, Financials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT), which rose 0.94% or 0.1000 points to trade at 10.7900 at the close. Semapa (LS:SEM) added 0.83% or 0.1200 points to end at 14.5800 and Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS:RAMA) was up 0.65% or 0.050 points to 7.750 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which lost 2.52% or 0.220 points to trade at 8.500 in late trade. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 1.36% or 0.0240 points to end at 1.7420 and Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP) shed 1.02% or 0.0025 points to 0.2419.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.99% or 0.60 to $59.88 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February fell 0.70% or 0.36 to hit $51.23 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.17% or 2.15 to trade at $1291.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.07% to 1.1475, while EUR/GBP fell 0.22% to 0.8906.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 95.132.