Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Food, Media and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 3.25% or 2.51 points to trade at 79.70 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 2.07% or 1.38 points to end at 68.08 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 1.77% or 120.85 points to 6950.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which lost 2.97% or 1.93 points to trade at 63.01 in late trade. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 1.92% or 1.16 points to end at 59.34 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) shed 1.61% or 0.73 points to 44.64.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 280 to 179 and 210 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.22% or 0.56 to $46.33 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.10% or 0.53 to hit $48.59 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.06% or 0.74 to trade at $1255.64 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.27% to 4.2546, while USD/PLN fell 0.04% to 3.6566.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 93.88.