Portugal shares lower at close of trade; PSI down 0.15%

Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Financials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI lost 0.15%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI were EDP Renovaveis (ELI:EDPR), which rose 1.99% or 0.25 points to trade at 12.82 at the close. Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:JMT) added 1.31% or 0.24 points to end at 18.51 and Galp Energia Nom (ELI:GALP) was up 1.04% or 0.17 points to 16.11 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Banco Comercial Portugues (ELI:BCP), which lost 2.61% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.45 in late trade. Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:MOTA) declined 2.16% or 0.06 points to end at 2.53 and Semapa (ELI:SEM) shed 1.39% or 0.20 points to 14.22.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 14 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Brent oil for January delivery was up 2.37% or 1.73 to $74.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in December rose 2.58% or 1.79 to hit $71.28 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 6.20 to trade at $2,743.00 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was unchanged 0.43% to 1.09, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.26% to 0.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 103.79.