Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Banking and Energy sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.37%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 6.31% or 2.55 points to trade at 42.98 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 5.11% or 1.47 points to end at 30.22 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) was up 2.65% or 1.47 points to 56.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which lost 3.43% or 0.97 points to trade at 27.27 in late trade. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 2.69% or 1.83 points to end at 66.20 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) shed 2.16% or 2.76 points to 124.91.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 297 to 231 and 182 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.59% or 0.28 to $47.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.83% or 0.41 to hit $49.57 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.01% or 0.15 to trade at $1343.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.26% to 4.2992, while USD/PLN fell 0.17% to 3.8011.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.04% at 94.48.