Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Materials and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 2.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Rainbow Tours SA (WA:RBW), which rose 0.78% or 1.00 points to trade at 129.00 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) fell 0.23% or 0.02 points to end at 7.03 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was down 0.78% or 0.47 points to 59.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which lost 3.91% or 3.86 points to trade at 94.84 in late trade. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) declined 3.74% or 6.55 points to end at 168.55 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 3.67% or 0.94 points to 24.66.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 342 to 201 and 93 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.45% or 0.32 to $70.72 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.38% or 0.28 to hit $74.33 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 3.16 to trade at $2,956.36 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.32% to 4.14, while USD/PLN fell 0.41% to 3.96.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 106.53.