Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Industrials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.90% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Corticeira Amorim (LS:CORA), which rose 1.02% or 0.087 points to trade at 8.623 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 0.87% or 0.0020 points to end at 0.2310 and Montepio (LS:MPIO) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to 0.412 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonae (LS:YSO), which lost 3.04% or 0.0260 points to trade at 0.8300 in late trade. EDP (LS:EDP) declined 2.16% or 0.0600 points to end at 2.7200 and Altri SGPS (LS:ALSS) shed 1.92% or 0.0790 points to 4.0280.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 8 and 8 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was down 0.61% or 0.34 to $55.15 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.98% or 0.52 to hit $52.70 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.86% or 10.35 to trade at $1215.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.20% to 1.0724, while EUR/GBP fell 0.61% to 0.8598.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.41% at 100.36.