Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Food and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.77%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 8.83% or 3.61 points to trade at 44.50 at the close. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) added 4.96% or 3.51 points to end at 74.34 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was up 3.43% or 0.58 points to 17.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Energa SA (WA:ENGP), which lost 2.30% or 0.30 points to trade at 12.72 in late trade. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 2.02% or 1.81 points to end at 87.69 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) shed 1.18% or 0.06 points to 5.04.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 282 to 240 and 183 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.23% or 1.33 to $42.52 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.91% or 1.25 to hit $44.16 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 1.76% or 21.70 to trade at $1256.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.26% to 4.2954, while USD/PLN fell 0.71% to 3.7779.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.48% at 94.00.