Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 2.55% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which rose 5.32% or 9.20 points to trade at 182.20 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) added 5.11% or 6.70 points to end at 137.70 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 4.74% or 2.76 points to 61.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which lost 4.57% or 9.10 points to trade at 189.90 in late trade. 11BIT (WA:11B) declined 3.27% or 7.50 points to end at 222.00 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) shed 2.78% or 12.60 points to 441.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 292 to 254 and 98 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.32% or 0.93 to $71.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.60% or 0.45 to hit $75.67 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.66% or 48.20 to trade at $2,948.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.02% to 4.15, while USD/PLN rose 0.19% to 3.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 106.82.