Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Basic Materials and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.01%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which rose 7.23% or 6.62 points to trade at 98.12 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 3.52% or 4.60 points to end at 135.20 and X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB) was up 3.14% or 1.96 points to 64.46 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 3.11% or 0.84 points to trade at 26.20 in late trade. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 2.19% or 0.40 points to end at 17.88 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) shed 1.71% or 0.81 points to 46.43.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 245 to 242 and 118 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.75% or 1.40 to $78.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.63% or 1.34 to hit $80.96 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 3.35 to trade at $2,507.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.26% to 4.29, while USD/PLN fell 0.44% to 3.92.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.19% at 102.76.