Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.83%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 3.83% or 1.25 points to trade at 33.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) added 3.58% or 0.16 points to end at 4.63 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 3.21% or 166.70 points to 5356.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which fell 3.76% or 0.35 points to trade at 8.95 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 2.04% or 0.90 points to end at 43.20 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was down 1.47% or 1.95 points to 130.72.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 286 to 275 and 106 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.72% or 0.22 to $30.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 2.85% or 0.81 to hit $29.36 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.37% or 4.00 to trade at $1086.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.44% to 4.4426, while USD/PLN fell 0.52% to 4.0742.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 99.16.