Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Banking and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.61% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which rose 4.77% or 0.46 points to trade at 10.10 at the close. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 4.44% or 255.00 points to end at 6000.00 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) was up 4.00% or 0.32 points to 8.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which lost 1.34% or 0.59 points to trade at 43.50 in late trade. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) declined 0.90% or 0.36 points to end at 39.60 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) shed 0.77% or 0.04 points to 5.18.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 276 to 261 and 187 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 1.42% or 0.72 to $50.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.33% or 0.69 to hit $51.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.42% or 5.35 to trade at $1262.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.15% to 4.3146, while USD/PLN fell 0.36% to 3.9637.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 98.73.