Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Construction and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 4.21% or 365.00 points to trade at 9040.00 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 3.59% or 2.72 points to end at 78.46 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 2.81% or 2.69 points to 98.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Play Communications SA (WA:PLY), which lost 3.41% or 0.72 points to trade at 20.38 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 2.47% or 0.45 points to end at 17.80 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) shed 1.92% or 6.80 points to 347.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 239 to 216 and 177 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.18% or 0.12 to $67.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.04% or 0.03 to hit $72.58 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 4.60 to trade at $1203.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.02% to 4.3064, while USD/PLN rose 0.54% to 3.7957.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.40% at 96.54.