Portugal shares lower at close of trade; PSI 20 down 0.21%

Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Telecoms , Industrials and Consumer Goods sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 declined 0.21%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Banco Comercial Portugues (LS: BCP ), which rose 2.90% or 0.0066 points to trade at 0.2344 at the close. Ramada Investimentos e Industria SA (LS: RAMA ) added 1.57% or 0.150 points to end at 9.700 and REN (LS: RENE ) was up 0.86% or 0.0200 points to 2.3540 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Sonae SGPS SA (LS: YSO ), which lost 3.67% or 0.0320 points to trade at 0.8400 in late trade. Sonae Capital (LS: SONAC ) declined 3.37% or 0.0250 points to end at 0.7170 and Altri SGPS (LS: ALSS ) shed 3.36% or 0.2600 points to 7.4700.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 12 and 2 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was up 0.05% or 0.04 to $80.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 0.21% or 0.15 to hit $71.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.70% or 8.60 to trade at $1230.60 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was up 0.26% to 1.1589, while EUR/GBP rose 0.10% to 0.8801.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 94.68.