Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 3.10% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 5.57% or 4.22 points to trade at 80.02 at the close. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) added 5.20% or 4.52 points to end at 91.46 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was up 4.85% or 5.61 points to 121.28 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 1.43% or 1.21 points to trade at 83.59 in late trade. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) declined 0.44% or 0.31 points to end at 69.49 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) gained 0.19% or 0.01 points to 5.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 278 to 254 and 202 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.54% or 0.28 to $51.96 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.92% or 0.50 to hit $54.96 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.78% or 9.15 to trade at $1168.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.37% to 4.5008, while USD/PLN fell 0.20% to 4.1950.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.31% at 100.44.