Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Chemicals and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.93% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which rose 2.26% or 5.20 points to trade at 235.40 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 1.27% or 5.40 points to end at 429.00 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 1.05% or 0.90 points to 86.92 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 5.20% or 4.78 points to trade at 87.22 in late trade. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) declined 4.72% or 2.24 points to end at 45.20 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) shed 4.14% or 3.76 points to 87.05.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 257 to 201 and 199 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.46% or 0.30 to $65.58 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.37% or 0.26 to hit $69.55 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 4.40 to trade at $1354.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.11% to 4.2217, while USD/PLN fell 0.83% to 3.3933.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.49% at 88.66.