Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.48% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 4.02% or 0.28 points to trade at 7.25 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 3.48% or 14.75 points to end at 438.95 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 2.69% or 9.45 points to 361.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which lost 4.43% or 2.28 points to trade at 49.22 in late trade. Synthos SA (WA:SNS) declined 3.19% or 0.160 points to end at 4.850 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) shed 2.08% or 1.59 points to 74.76.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 270 to 205 and 179 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.88% or 1.43 to $51.01 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.90% or 1.06 to hit $56.85 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 8.32 to trade at $1293.32 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.28% to 4.2874, while USD/PLN fell 0.78% to 3.6336.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 93.08.