Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Banking and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 5.49% or 3.46 points to trade at 66.46 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) added 3.36% or 3.40 points to end at 104.56 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 3.11% or 1.90 points to 63.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which lost 6.04% or 2.57 points to trade at 39.99 in late trade. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) declined 4.97% or 0.44 points to end at 8.41 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) shed 3.33% or 1.50 points to 43.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 263 to 186 and 177 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.61% or 1.76 to $69.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.99% or 1.54 to hit $78.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1200.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.16% to 4.3073, while USD/PLN fell 0.09% to 3.7179.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.23.