Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 2.22% or 1.00 points to trade at 46.00 at the close. Synthos SA (WA:SNS) added 2.10% or 0.080 points to end at 3.890 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was up 2.01% or 0.11 points to 5.57 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 2.09% or 0.40 points to trade at 18.70 in late trade. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) declined 1.71% or 4.90 points to end at 282.00 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) shed 1.65% or 0.11 points to 6.54.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 246 to 230 and 199 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.72% or 0.33 to $45.61 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.34% or 0.16 to hit $46.80 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.24% or 3.25 to trade at $1332.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.21% to 4.3784, while USD/PLN rose 0.83% to 3.9775.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.60% at 97.14.