Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Utilities and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.03% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Mota Engil (LISBON:MOTA), which rose 6.02% or 0.1470 points to trade at 2.5870 at the close. Impresa SGPS (LISBON:IMPA) added 2.33% or 0.02 points to end at 0.88 and Banif SA (LISBON:BANIF) was up 1.47% or 0.0001 points to 0.0068 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Altri SGPS (LISBON:ALSS), which lost 3.01% or 0.1145 points to trade at 3.6855 in late trade. Banco Comercial Portugues (LISBON:BCP) declined 1.41% or 0.0012 points to end at 0.0840 and Sonae (LISBON:YSO) shed 1.38% or 0.0165 points to 1.1825.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 34 to 34 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for July delivery was down 1.79% or 1.18 to $64.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in July fell 1.38% or 0.83 to hit $59.47 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.11% or 1.30 to trade at $1191.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.61% to 1.0922, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.7193.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.64% at 97.56.