Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 2.48% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which rose 6.19% or 4.33 points to trade at 74.23 at the close. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) added 5.05% or 17.80 points to end at 370.60 and Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) was up 4.98% or 2.30 points to 48.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Energa SA (WA:ENGP), which lost 0.69% or 0.07 points to trade at 10.01 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 0.21% or 0.01 points to end at 4.82 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) 0.00% or 0.00 points to 10.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 300 to 280 and 167 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.80% or 0.97 to $54.75 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.44% or 0.81 to hit $56.99 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1237.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.52% to 4.2966, while USD/PLN rose 0.10% to 4.0734.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.44% at 101.36.