Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Food and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 3.48% or 0.10 points to trade at 2.97 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) added 2.70% or 0.17 points to end at 6.47 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was up 1.65% or 0.40 points to 24.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 3.97% or 0.74 points to trade at 17.91 in late trade. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) declined 3.75% or 217.95 points to end at 5600.05 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) shed 2.60% or 1.37 points to 51.34.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 288 to 229 and 182 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.56% or 1.52 to $44.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 3.27% or 1.45 to hit $45.77 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.65 to trade at $1243.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.68% to 4.3788, while USD/PLN fell 1.08% to 3.8721.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.36% at 94.40.