Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Media and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were 11BIT (WA:11B), which rose 4.85% or 10.00 points to trade at 216.00 at the close. Allegro (WA:ALEP) added 3.57% or 1.13 points to end at 32.64 and Zabka Group SA (WA:ZAB) was up 3.49% or 0.76 points to 22.38 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 2.24% or 0.60 points to trade at 26.22 in late trade. Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP) added 0.06% or 0.01 points to end at 16.11 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) gained 0.20% or 0.80 points to 401.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 277 to 259 and 92 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.29% or 0.88 to $69.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.13% or 0.81 to hit $72.42 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.14% or 4.24 to trade at $3,044.16 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.44% to 4.17, while USD/PLN fell 0.22% to 3.86.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.30% at 104.06.