Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Chemicals and Construction sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.09%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 5.01% or 3.94 points to trade at 82.60 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA (WA:BHW) added 3.47% or 3.12 points to end at 93.12 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) was up 3.23% or 0.25 points to 7.99 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which fell 2.58% or 0.59 points to trade at 22.31 at the close. mBank SA (WA:MBK) declined 2.52% or 9.95 points to end at 385.10 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was down 2.07% or 0.14 points to 6.63.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 323 to 220 and 115 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.55% or 0.29 to $53.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $59.01 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.30 to trade at $1156.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.89% to 4.1396, while USD/PLN rose 0.28% to 3.7534.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.87% at 96.79.