Portugal shares lower at close of trade; PSI 20 down 0.94%

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

At the close in Lisbon, the PSI 20 lost 0.94% to hit a new 52-week low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the PSI 20 were Sonae Capital (LS: SONAC ), which rose 2.59% or 0.0220 points to trade at 0.8700 at the close. Ibersol SGPS (LS: IBS ) added 1.47% or 0.120 points to end at 8.260 and J. Martins SGPS (LS: JMT ) was up 0.81% or 0.0850 points to 10.5800 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Semapa (LS: SEM ), which lost 5.00% or 0.6800 points to trade at 12.9200 in late trade. Altri SGPS (LS: ALSS ) declined 4.22% or 0.2500 points to end at 5.6800 and Mota Engil (LS: MOTA ) shed 3.86% or 0.0620 points to 1.5460.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 11 and 7 ended unchanged on the Lisbon Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Brent oil for February delivery was down 1.15% or 0.71 to $60.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in January fell 1.56% or 0.82 to hit $51.79 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.28% or 3.45 to trade at $1249.15 a troy ounce.

EUR/USD was down 0.05% to 1.1373, while EUR/GBP rose 1.14% to 0.9045.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 97.023.