Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Telecoms and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.19%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 3.93% or 11.00 points to trade at 291.00 at the close. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 3.83% or 4.35 points to end at 118.00 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 2.11% or 8.65 points to 417.80 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Synthos SA (WA:SNS), which lost 3.00% or 0.14 points to trade at 4.53 in late trade. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 2.75% or 0.40 points to end at 14.15 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) shed 2.03% or 1.55 points to 74.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 262 to 259 and 125 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.56% or 0.74 to $48.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.36% or 0.20 to hit $53.66 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.70 to trade at $1095.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.00% to 4.1202, while USD/PLN rose 0.33% to 3.7273.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.79.