Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Construction and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which rose 3.14% or 0.96 points to trade at 31.50 at the close. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 2.04% or 0.90 points to end at 45.07 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was up 1.80% or 1.35 points to 76.49 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which lost 5.14% or 11.20 points to trade at 206.80 in late trade. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) declined 2.34% or 0.080 points to end at 3.340 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) shed 1.50% or 0.95 points to 62.45.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 283 to 244 and 183 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.80% or 1.34 to $49.18 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.52% or 1.28 to hit $52.12 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.31% or 3.86 to trade at $1231.56 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.36% to 4.1975, while USD/PLN fell 0.77% to 3.8236.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.28% at 98.77.