📋 In This Edition * Portuguese Equities * Blue-Chip Movers * Government Bonds * Euro and the Dollar * Corporate Focus: Galp and the Sines Refinery * Deal Watch: Mota-Engil's Congo Rail Mandate * The Week Ahead Portuguese
One of Portugal's best-known stationery names has changed hands: Ancor, a Vila do Conde manufacturer, has bought Ambar, the octogenarian brand whose notebooks and school supplies have furnished Portuguese classrooms for generations.
The Lisbon-listed construction group told the market it had secured two contracts in Mexico — an elevated viaduct and a broader urban-mobility scheme — reinforcing a Latin American business that has become central to its growth.
Vehicles registered abroad avoided about €12 million in charges last year after Portugal removed tolls on interior and Algarve motorways — a cost the concessionaires' body says has shifted onto domestic taxpayers.
Here is your Portugal briefing for Monday, 13 July 2026 — the day's six stories at a glance: * Portugal's IRS income tax shrank more than any other EU country&
Spanish group Concentra has bought 100% of Obimedia, an insurance broker in Óbidos with €700,000 of 2025 business and a €6 million premium book. The deal extends a cross-border roll-up of Portugal's brokerages that Concentra began in 2021 with the Melior agency.
Portuguese canoeist Fernando Pimenta won two World Cup golds in a weekend in Montreal, taking the K1 1,000 metres on Saturday and the K1 5,000 metres on Sunday. The double underlines the Ponte de Lima veteran's standing as Portugal's most reliable medal contender.
