Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media, Banking and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.52% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 6.01% or 17.85 points to trade at 314.65 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 6.00% or 19.90 points to end at 351.40 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 4.75% or 2.15 points to 47.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 5.49% or 4.59 points to trade at 79.00 in late trade. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) declined 1.99% or 1.07 points to end at 52.61 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) shed 1.31% or 77.95 points to 5871.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 271 to 270 and 186 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.95% or 1.01 to $50.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.86% or 1.02 to hit $53.92 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.51% or 5.95 to trade at $1170.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.88% to 4.4594, while USD/PLN fell 0.31% to 4.1663.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 100.57.