Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Energy and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.53% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 3.98% or 275.40 points to trade at 7192.30 at the close. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) added 3.85% or 0.28 points to end at 7.56 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) was up 2.84% or 0.130 points to 4.710 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 2.32% or 2.72 points to trade at 114.61 in late trade. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) declined 1.30% or 0.64 points to end at 48.76 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) shed 1.25% or 0.88 points to 69.52.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 253 to 240 and 199 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 2.03% or 0.88 to $44.26 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 2.11% or 0.97 to hit $47.01 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.82 to trade at $1247.22 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.46% to 4.2229, while USD/PLN fell 0.79% to 3.7296.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.84% at 96.29.