Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Banking and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Synthos SA (WA:SNS), which rose 5.23% or 0.290 points to trade at 5.830 at the close. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) added 4.93% or 0.27 points to end at 5.75 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 3.58% or 4.07 points to 117.65 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which lost 1.81% or 0.96 points to trade at 52.22 in late trade. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) declined 1.61% or 3.30 points to end at 201.20 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) shed 0.54% or 29.05 points to 5380.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 307 to 243 and 184 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.38% or 0.73 to $53.48 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.92% or 0.51 to hit $55.74 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.25% or 3.05 to trade at $1212.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.06% to 4.3708, while USD/PLN rose 0.07% to 4.0642.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.13% at 100.08.