Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.08% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 3.31% or 0.15 points to trade at 4.68 at the close. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 3.10% or 0.91 points to end at 30.24 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was up 2.93% or 0.65 points to 22.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which lost 2.75% or 1.47 points to trade at 52.03 in late trade. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 2.03% or 1.25 points to end at 60.23 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) shed 1.45% or 0.19 points to 12.87.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 250 to 222 and 213 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.44% or 1.08 to $43.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.17% or 1.00 to hit $45.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.29% or 3.80 to trade at $1327.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.14% to 4.3583, while USD/PLN fell 0.16% to 3.9697.
The US Dollar Index was unchanged 0.00% at 97.41.