Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.25% to hit a new 3-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 6.18% or 0.72 points to trade at 12.37 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 5.60% or 2.95 points to end at 55.65 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 3.28% or 0.42 points to 13.24 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Synthos SA (WA:SNS), which lost 6.00% or 0.24 points to trade at 3.76 in late trade. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 2.53% or 0.29 points to end at 11.15 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) shed 0.66% or 0.04 points to 6.05.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 276 to 230 and 176 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 4.65% or 1.67 to $37.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 4.88% or 1.89 to hit $40.61 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.21% or 2.70 to trade at $1268.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.37% to 4.3354, while USD/PLN rose 0.30% to 3.9373.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 97.15.