Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.07% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 4.28% or 220.05 points to trade at 5365.00 at the close. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) added 4.17% or 2.78 points to end at 69.44 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 3.56% or 0.41 points to 11.93 in late trade.
Biggest losers included mBank (WA:MBK), which lost 2.27% or 9.70 points to trade at 416.95 in late trade. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 2.09% or 1.65 points to end at 77.30 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) shed 1.61% or 0.64 points to 39.04.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 318 to 271 and 166 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.73% or 0.93 to $52.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.96% or 1.11 to hit $55.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.90% or 11.15 to trade at $1224.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.41% to 4.3118, while USD/PLN rose 0.76% to 4.0667.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.26% at 100.98.