Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LS:MOTA), which rose 1.09% or 0.0360 points to trade at 3.3360 at the close. EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) added 0.81% or 0.0570 points to end at 7.0600 and Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS) was up 0.71% or 0.085 points to 12.080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which lost 1.62% or 0.0042 points to trade at 0.2550 in late trade. Galp Energia Nom (LS:GALP) declined 1.14% or 0.1800 points to end at 15.5600 and Nos SGPS SA (LS:NOS) shed 0.74% or 0.0390 points to 5.2240.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 12 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was down 0.33% or 0.19 to $57.56 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 0.35% or 0.18 to hit $52.02 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 2.54 to trade at $1283.04 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.26% to 1.1753, while EUR/GBP fell 0.29% to 0.8906.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 93.72.