Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.18% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA (WA:BHW), which rose 2.67% or 2.17 points to trade at 83.50 at the close. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) added 2.41% or 7.20 points to end at 306.20 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was up 2.04% or 3.21 points to 160.43 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which lost 2.48% or 0.58 points to trade at 22.77 in late trade. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 2.40% or 1.67 points to end at 67.82 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) shed 1.54% or 0.99 points to 63.11.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 262 to 236 and 184 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 3.74% or 1.44 to $37.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.43% or 0.98 to hit $39.41 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.21% or 15.20 to trade at $1244.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.43% to 4.2760, while USD/PLN fell 0.01% to 3.8498.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 96.54.