Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Food, Oil & Gas and Media sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 6.38% or 4.50 points to trade at 75.00 at the close. PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) added 1.41% or 0.33 points to end at 23.72 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 0.91% or 2.40 points to 266.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which lost 4.50% or 1.42 points to trade at 30.14 in late trade. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) declined 3.42% or 181.90 points to end at 5142.90 and mBank (WA:MBK) shed 3.23% or 10.00 points to 299.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 349 to 169 and 160 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 1.25% or 0.61 to $48.27 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.55% or 0.78 to hit $49.57 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1285.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.37% to 4.4295, while USD/PLN rose 1.12% to 3.9517.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.59% at 94.98.