Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Telecoms and Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.19%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 3.93% or 11.00 points to trade at 291.00 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 3.83% or 4.35 points to end at 118.00 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was up 2.11% or 8.65 points to 417.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Synthos SA (WA:SNS), which fell 3.00% or 0.14 points to trade at 4.53 at the close. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 2.75% or 0.40 points to end at 14.15 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was down 2.03% or 1.55 points to 74.95.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 262 to 259 and 125 ended unchanged.
Shares in Enea SA (WA:ENAE) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.75% or 0.40 to 14.15.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.50% or 0.71 to $48.10 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.31% or 0.17 to hit $53.63 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.15% or 1.70 to trade at $1095.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.00% to 4.1202, while USD/PLN rose 0.33% to 3.7273.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.16% at 96.79.