Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Energy and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were OrangePL (WA:OPL), which rose 4.07% or 0.18 points to trade at 4.60 at the close. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 3.35% or 6.00 points to end at 185.00 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 2.77% or 1.07 points to 39.74 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which lost 1.93% or 0.46 points to trade at 23.32 in late trade. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 1.62% or 0.70 points to end at 42.50 and mBank (WA:MBK) shed 1.40% or 5.60 points to 394.40.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 222 to 200 and 196 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.79% or 0.54 to $67.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.52% or 0.38 to hit $72.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 6.50 to trade at $1224.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.13% to 4.3249, while USD/PLN rose 0.31% to 3.6960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.35.