Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.47%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 20.26% or 8.03 points to trade at 47.66 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) added 8.24% or 0.45 points to end at 5.91 and Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) was up 7.56% or 4.16 points to 59.16 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which lost 0.99% or 42.75 points to trade at 4267.25 in late trade. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) declined 0.59% or 1.90 points to end at 318.10 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) shed 0.54% or 0.03 points to 5.57.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 282 to 267 and 170 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.36% or 1.04 to $45.19 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.54% or 0.72 to hit $47.55 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.24% or 3.25 to trade at $1331.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.36% to 4.3438, while USD/PLN fell 0.25% to 3.8951.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 95.74.