Investing.com – Portugal equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Lisbon, the added 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Galp Energia Nom (ELI:), which rose 2.01% or 0.33 points to trade at 16.72 at the close. Mota Engil SGPS SA (ELI:) added 1.45% or 0.04 points to end at 2.66 and Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (ELI:) was up 1.19% or 0.22 points to 18.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included EDP Energias de Portugal SA (ELI:), which lost 1.41% or 0.05 points to trade at 3.22 in late trade. CTT Correios de Portugal SA (ELI:) declined 1.19% or 0.06 points to end at 4.55 and Ren Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA (ELI:) shed 1.05% or 0.03 points to 2.36.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 12 to 11 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was up 1.63% or 1.16 to $72.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January rose 1.85% or 1.24 to hit $68.44 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.15% or 30.51 to trade at $2,690.11 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.01% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.24% to 0.83.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 105.68.