Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food, Media and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 5.24% or 1.03 points to trade at 20.68 at the close. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 3.01% or 169.55 points to end at 5800.00 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was up 2.86% or 1.47 points to 52.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 1.50% or 1.04 points to trade at 68.43 in late trade. Synthos SA (WA:SNS) declined 1.47% or 0.06 points to end at 4.01 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) shed 1.34% or 1.00 points to 73.39.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 281 to 195 and 192 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 2.59% or 1.19 to $44.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 3.10% or 1.47 to hit $45.90 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.53% or 6.85 to trade at $1297.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.60% to 4.3931, while USD/PLN rose 0.02% to 3.8163.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.35% at 92.69.