Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.63%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 9.24% or 5.80 points to trade at 68.60 at the close. Synthos SA (WA:SNS) added 2.48% or 0.130 points to end at 5.380 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 2.17% or 0.70 points to 32.93 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which lost 1.18% or 0.040 points to trade at 3.350 in late trade. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) declined 1.10% or 74.85 points to end at 6720.00 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) shed 0.97% or 0.53 points to 54.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 306 to 261 and 142 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.79% or 0.40 to $50.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.75% or 0.40 to hit $53.13 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.25 to trade at $1255.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.36% to 4.2466, while USD/PLN rose 0.33% to 3.9840.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 100.45.