Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Food and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.57%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 4.33% or 11.90 points to trade at 286.90 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) added 3.51% or 2.22 points to end at 65.42 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was up 3.11% or 1.78 points to 59.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which lost 3.06% or 1.42 points to trade at 45.00 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 2.00% or 0.39 points to end at 19.10 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) shed 0.61% or 0.78 points to 126.65.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 296 to 224 and 172 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.22% or 0.57 to $46.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.11% or 0.53 to hit $47.08 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.02% or 0.25 to trade at $1327.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 1.24% to 4.3765, while USD/PLN fell 1.67% to 3.9508.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 96.50.