Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Basic Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.42%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were mBank (WA:MBK), which rose 2.47% or 8.45 points to trade at 350.85 at the close. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) added 1.48% or 0.11 points to end at 7.54 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 1.43% or 0.08 points to 5.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which lost 3.82% or 2.38 points to trade at 59.92 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 3.55% or 1.95 points to end at 53.00 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) shed 2.43% or 0.67 points to 26.90.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 264 to 247 and 195 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 3.59% or 1.65 to $44.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 3.57% or 1.71 to hit $46.22 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.03% or 13.85 to trade at $1330.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.34% to 4.2845, while USD/PLN rose 0.06% to 3.8226.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 95.47.