Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Consumer Services and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI fell 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI were Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP), which rose 2.14% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.47 at the close. Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA) added 1.73% or 0.05 points to end at 3.06 and Nos SGPS SA (ELI:NOS) was up 1.47% or 0.05 points to 3.45 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR), which lost 2.69% or 0.28 points to trade at 9.96 in late trade. EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:EDP) declined 1.31% or 0.04 points to end at 3.16 and Semapa (ELI:SEM) shed 1.25% or 0.18 points to 14.22.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 14 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for March delivery was up 0.24% or 0.18 to $76.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.16% or 0.12 to hit $74.08 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.15% or 4.04 to trade at $2,650.66 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was up 0.75% to 1.04, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.02% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.61% at 108.13.