Portugal shares lower at close of trade; PSI 20 down 0.41%

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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 fell 0.41%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS: SONAC ), which rose 1.81% or 0.0160 points to trade at 0.8980 at the close. Galp Energia Nom (LS: GALP ) added 1.39% or 0.1900 points to end at 13.8600 and Ibersol SGPS (LS: IBS ) was up 0.72% or 0.060 points to 8.360 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Pharol SGPS SA (LS: PHRA ), which lost 2.42% or 0.0044 points to trade at 0.1772 in late trade. Nos SGPS SA (LS: NOS ) declined 1.83% or 0.1050 points to end at 5.6250 and The Navigator Company SA (LS: NVGR ) shed 1.77% or 0.0760 points to 4.2060.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 19 to 16 on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Brent oil for April delivery was down 0.35% or 0.22 to $62.53 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 1.65% or 0.91 to hit $54.35 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.15 to trade at $1318.95 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.17% to 1.1435, while EUR/GBP rose 0.09% to 0.8760.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 95.553.