Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.85% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Play Communications SA (WA:PLY), which rose 13.00% or 2.10 points to trade at 18.25 at the close. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) added 8.30% or 11.80 points to end at 154.00 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was up 5.75% or 1.88 points to 34.56 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which lost 1.53% or 120.00 points to trade at 7700.00 in late trade. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) declined 1.52% or 3.20 points to end at 207.00 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) shed 0.91% or 1.00 points to 109.10.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 285 to 206 and 159 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.91% or 1.48 to $52.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.54% or 1.51 to hit $60.97 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.10% or 13.50 to trade at $1239.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.35% to 4.2766, while USD/PLN fell 0.75% to 3.7635.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 96.795.