Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Utilities and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 gained 0.33% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco BPI (LS:BBPI), which rose 2.87% or 0.0370 points to trade at 1.3250 at the close. J. Martins SGPS (LS:JMT) added 2.10% or 0.2900 points to end at 14.0850 and EDP Renovaveis (LS:EDPR) was up 2.09% or 0.1380 points to 6.7380 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Montepio (LS:MPIO), which lost 4.58% or 0.030 points to trade at 0.625 in late trade. Mota Engil (LS:MOTA) declined 3.92% or 0.0760 points to end at 1.8610 and Pharol SGPS SA (LS:PHRA) shed 2.90% or 0.0040 points to 0.1340.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 24 and 4 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for May delivery was up 0.34% or 0.14 to $41.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in May rose 0.53% or 0.22 to hit $41.36 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.80% or 10.00 to trade at $1244.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.21% to 1.1245, while EUR/GBP rose 0.41% to 0.7820.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.28% at 95.34.