Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Construction sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 6.42% or 14.00 points to trade at 232.00 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 5.45% or 4.42 points to end at 85.50 and mBank (WA:MBK) was up 4.25% or 17.80 points to 436.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which lost 2.47% or 0.060 points to trade at 2.370 in late trade. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) declined 2.24% or 4.40 points to end at 192.40 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) shed 1.08% or 0.10 points to 9.12.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 262 to 237 and 172 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.52% or 0.33 to $63.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.46% or 0.31 to hit $67.95 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.81% or 10.90 to trade at $1336.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.30% to 4.1986, while USD/PLN rose 0.04% to 3.4246.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.20% at 89.87.