Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI declined 0.67% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI were Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP), which rose 1.33% or 0.22 points to trade at 16.77 at the close. Semapa (ELI:SEM) added 0.94% or 0.14 points to end at 14.96 and Sonae SGPS SA (ELI:YSO) was unchanged 0.11% or 0.00 points to 0.93 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ibersol SGPS (ELI:IBS), which lost 2.75% or 0.20 points to trade at 7.06 in late trade. Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA) declined 2.32% or 0.06 points to end at 2.53 and EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR) shed 2.22% or 0.31 points to 13.64.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 23 to 5 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was up 1.52% or 1.11 to $74.17 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 1.86% or 1.28 to hit $69.97 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.20% or 5.50 to trade at $2,735.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.40% to 1.08, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.11% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 103.75.