Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Telecoms and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which rose 2.44% or 1.03 points to trade at 43.27 at the close. Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) added 1.86% or 0.76 points to end at 41.53 and mBank (WA:MBK) was up 1.76% or 7.60 points to 439.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 3.26% or 2.96 points to trade at 87.92 in late trade. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) declined 2.60% or 5.20 points to end at 194.80 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) shed 2.53% or 1.44 points to 55.58.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 253 to 194 and 201 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.14% or 0.09 to $66.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $71.44 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.24% or 3.30 to trade at $1347.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.24% to 4.1631, while USD/PLN rose 0.54% to 3.3729.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.24% at 89.35.