Portugal shares lower at close of trade; PSI 20 down 0.86%

Investing.com – Portugal equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities , Financials and Consumer Services sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.86%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were The Navigator Company SA (LS: NVGR ), which rose 2.42% or 0.1020 points to trade at 4.3200 at the close. Corticeira Amorim (LS: CORA ) added 1.57% or 0.180 points to end at 11.680 and Semapa (LS: SEM ) was up 0.82% or 0.1400 points to 17.2600 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Mota Engil (LS: MOTA ), which lost 3.10% or 0.0650 points to trade at 2.0350 in late trade. Banco Comercial Portugues (LS: BCP ) declined 2.43% or 0.0062 points to end at 0.2488 and EDP (LS: EDP ) shed 1.83% or 0.0580 points to 3.1200.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Brent oil for December delivery was up 1.86% or 1.54 to $84.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in November rose 1.97% or 1.44 to hit $74.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.26% or 3.10 to trade at $1193.10 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.25% to 1.1575, while EUR/GBP fell 0.31% to 0.8878.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 94.94.