Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Food and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.39% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 9.62% or 4.30 points to trade at 49.00 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) added 3.47% or 0.34 points to end at 10.13 and mBank (WA:MBK) was up 3.02% or 12.40 points to 423.20 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP), which lost 3.42% or 3.45 points to trade at 97.55 in late trade. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) declined 1.68% or 3.20 points to end at 187.60 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) shed 1.38% or 3.00 points to 214.60.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 239 to 196 and 201 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.99% or 1.37 to $70.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 1.00% or 0.75 to hit $75.51 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1221.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.35% to 4.2700, while USD/PLN fell 0.83% to 3.6451.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 94.08.