Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Banking and Media sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.35%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 2.65% or 1.80 points to trade at 69.80 at the close. Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) added 1.81% or 0.12 points to end at 6.75 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was up 1.81% or 1.55 points to 87.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which lost 3.57% or 261.50 points to trade at 7065.00 in late trade. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) declined 2.16% or 2.80 points to end at 127.10 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 1.92% or 7.35 points to 374.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 315 to 249 and 106 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.66% or 0.39 to $59.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.22% or 0.81 to hit $65.36 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.71% or 8.50 to trade at $1180.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.69% to 4.0749, while USD/PLN rose 1.27% to 3.6585.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 95.19.