Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Banking and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP), which rose 2.22% or 0.20 points to trade at 9.20 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) added 2.00% or 0.09 points to end at 4.59 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 1.60% or 1.90 points to 120.31 in late trade.
Biggest losers included KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH), which lost 3.91% or 4.63 points to trade at 113.70 in late trade. Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) declined 2.41% or 0.88 points to end at 35.64 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) shed 1.70% or 1.17 points to 67.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 289 to 253 and 161 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.71% or 0.33 to $45.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.90% or 0.44 to hit $48.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.33 to trade at $1228.23 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.26% to 4.2285, while USD/PLN rose 0.95% to 3.8691.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 98.97.