Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 7.81% or 1.30 points to trade at 17.95 at the close. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 5.67% or 1.93 points to end at 35.98 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was up 5.34% or 7.13 points to 140.66 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which lost 9.31% or 1.22 points to trade at 11.89 in late trade. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 3.35% or 0.35 points to end at 10.10 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) shed 1.93% or 0.64 points to 32.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 308 to 185 and 169 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.79% or 0.83 to $47.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.61% or 0.77 to hit $48.54 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.50% or 6.65 to trade at $1318.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.83% to 4.4263, while USD/PLN fell 1.08% to 4.0057.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 96.39.