Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.92%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which rose 0.72% or 3.13 points to trade at 439.61 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 0.60% or 0.08 points to end at 13.45 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) was up 0.29% or 0.12 points to 42.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boryszew SA (WA:BORY), which lost 6.54% or 0.35 points to trade at 5.00 in late trade. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGHM) declined 5.40% or 4.63 points to end at 81.16 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) shed 4.83% or 0.66 points to 13.01.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 370 to 186 and 112 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 3.22% or 1.51 to $45.45 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.89% or 0.93 to hit $47.99 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.72% or 8.20 to trade at $1124.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.41% to 4.2043, while USD/PLN rose 1.01% to 3.7797.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.48% at 96.50.