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Markets, Business & Tech Briefing: PSI Hits One-Month High, Jerónimo Martins Sinks to Fresh Low, TAP Bids Loom

Friday, 3 July 2026. Euronext Lisbon stretched its rebound into a second session, closing at a one-month high as the EDP energy complex and construction names powered a broad advance. Yet the day had a glaring outlier: retail heavyweight Jerónimo Martins bucked the rally to sink to a fresh one-year

The Portugal Brief 03 Jul 2026

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Spain's Plenergy Bets €17 Million on Undercutting Portuguese Pump Prices by Up to 20 Cents a Litre

Spanish low-cost retailer Plenergy is investing up to €17 million to expand across Portugal, pricing fuel 15–20 cents a litre below the majors via domestic sourcing, automation and no convenience stores. Seven stations already trade; it targets 35–40 by end-2026, at least one per district.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jul 2026

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Portugal and Spain Switch On a €128 Million Power Link That Lifts Cross-Border Grid Capacity by 1,000 MW

Grid operators REN and Red Eléctrica switched on a new 400 kV line between Viana do Castelo and Pontevedra, a ~€128 million project that raises Portugal-Spain exchange capacity by about 1,000 MW to 4,200 MW inbound, adding 281 GWh of renewable integration a year.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jul 2026

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A PwC Study Pegs Galp's Innovation District on the Old Matosinhos Refinery at €2 Billion a Year and 100,000 Jobs

A study Galp commissioned from PwC values the Innovation District planned for its shuttered Matosinhos refinery at roughly €2 billion a year over 30 years, with 100,000 jobs — 65,000 in Matosinhos — plus homes for 19,000 residents and campuses for 30,000 students. Demolition ends in December 2026.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jul 2026

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Novelist Lídia Jorge Wins the 2026 Camões Prize, Portuguese Literature's Highest Honour

The Algarve-born author of A Costa dos Murmúrios and Misericórdia has won the €100,000 Camões Prize, Portuguese-language literature's top honour, a year after taking the Prémio Pessoa. The jury praised her contribution to the language's literary and civic-cultural heritage.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jul 2026

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A Dormant Finance Committee Freezes €1.1 Billion in Investment Tax Benefits Promised to 24 Projects

The CCIFI, the committee that must sign off contractual investment tax breaks, has not met since early 2024 because seats sit unfilled — leaving at least €1.08 billion of approved projects, from Amkor to Coloplast, unable to use the incentives they were promised.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jul 2026

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Portugal Tops the EU for House-Price Growth at 17.8% in the First Quarter, With Only Finland's Market Falling

Eurostat says Portuguese house prices rose 17.8% year on year in the first quarter of 2026 — the steepest climb in the EU and more than three times the bloc's 5.1% average. Prices also rose 3.8% on the quarter, the second-fastest, as only Finland saw values fall over the year.

The Portugal Brief 03 Jul 2026

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