Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Media and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.45%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 6.49% or 13.80 points to trade at 226.40 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 5.44% or 5.04 points to end at 97.64 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 3.54% or 305.00 points to 8930.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which lost 3.70% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.600 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 2.70% or 0.28 points to end at 10.10 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) shed 2.26% or 2.40 points to 103.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 259 to 207 and 187 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.42% or 0.26 to $62.31 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $65.53 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.24% or 16.40 to trade at $1336.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.12% to 4.1848, while USD/PLN fell 0.64% to 3.3744.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.40% at 89.60.