Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 rose 0.65%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS:BCP), which rose 2.07% or 0.0048 points to trade at 0.2362 at the close. Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) added 1.97% or 0.0060 points to end at 0.3100 and Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) was up 1.60% or 0.0410 points to 2.6080 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ibersol SGPS (LS:IBS), which lost 1.58% or 0.230 points to trade at 14.370 in late trade. Novabase SGPS (LS:NBA) declined 1.21% or 0.039 points to end at 3.171 and EDP (LS:EDP) shed 0.91% or 0.0270 points to 2.9440.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 28 to 9 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for September delivery was up 0.59% or 0.27 to $46.02 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.86% or 0.37 to hit $43.38 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.95% or 11.88 to trade at $1244.52 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.06% to 1.1188, while EUR/GBP fell 0.03% to 0.8796.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 97.05.