Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.79%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 6.72% or 2.77 points to trade at 43.98 at the close. Synthos SA (WA:SNS) added 3.52% or 0.13 points to end at 3.82 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) was up 3.18% or 3.85 points to 124.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Energa SA (WA:ENGP), which lost 1.76% or 0.29 points to trade at 16.21 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 1.72% or 0.90 points to end at 51.29 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) shed 1.46% or 1.34 points to 90.75.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 303 to 269 and 104 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.79% or 0.37 to $46.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 1.28% or 0.64 to hit $48.92 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.60% or 6.80 to trade at $1134.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.28% to 4.2602, while USD/PLN rose 0.05% to 3.8643.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 96.89.