Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Basic Materials and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which rose 3.78% or 1.40 points to trade at 38.46 at the close. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) added 3.07% or 10.75 points to end at 360.75 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 2.69% or 1.87 points to 71.37 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which lost 2.73% or 0.71 points to trade at 25.25 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 2.66% or 0.15 points to end at 5.49 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) shed 1.69% or 0.87 points to 50.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 266 to 221 and 192 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was up 0.35% or 0.19 to $54.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 0.35% or 0.21 to hit $60.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 6.77 to trade at $1278.57 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.03% to 4.2485, while USD/PLN fell 0.21% to 3.6509.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 94.45.