Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media, Food and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were OrangePL (WA:OPL), which rose 6.33% or 0.33 points to trade at 5.54 at the close. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 1.33% or 1.70 points to end at 129.20 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 1.22% or 0.79 points to 65.77 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which lost 3.21% or 0.76 points to trade at 22.94 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 2.60% or 1.39 points to end at 52.01 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) shed 2.14% or 0.12 points to 5.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 251 to 243 and 178 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.02% or 0.44 to $42.69 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $44.92 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.04% or 0.50 to trade at $1327.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.06% to 4.3605, while USD/PLN fell 0.12% to 3.9680.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.11% at 97.17.