Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 5.85% or 2.40 points to trade at 43.40 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) added 4.72% or 3.56 points to end at 78.91 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) was up 2.90% or 0.91 points to 32.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which lost 4.76% or 2.65 points to trade at 52.99 in late trade. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) declined 4.38% or 5.30 points to end at 115.70 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 3.67% or 11.20 points to 293.75.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 293 to 237 and 120 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 0.59% or 0.30 to $50.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.22% or 0.12 to hit $56.77 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.17% or 1.90 to trade at $1104.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.25% to 4.1338, while USD/PLN fell 0.81% to 3.7788.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.77% at 97.43.