Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Media sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 2.28%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP), which rose 2.17% or 0.15 points to trade at 7.05 at the close. Meanwhile, Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 1.82% or 0.57 points to end at 31.90 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) was up 0.62% or 0.35 points to 56.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which fell 4.95% or 1.22 points to trade at 23.42 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 3.52% or 1.89 points to end at 51.85 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was down 3.07% or 0.99 points to 31.27.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 317 to 217 and 134 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 4.51% or 1.43 to $30.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 3.71% or 1.27 to hit $32.97 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.22% or 2.50 to trade at $1125.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.19% to 4.4062, while USD/PLN fell 0.05% to 4.0373.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 98.93.