Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.29% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 5.59% or 2.70 points to trade at 51.00 at the close. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) added 2.32% or 3.18 points to end at 140.03 and mBank (WA:MBK) was up 1.62% or 8.50 points to 533.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 4.58% or 4.80 points to trade at 100.10 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 2.89% or 0.38 points to end at 12.76 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) shed 2.57% or 7.80 points to 296.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 253 to 204 and 209 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.27% or 0.81 to $64.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.12% or 0.77 to hit $69.80 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.40% or 5.30 to trade at $1337.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.07% to 4.1708, while USD/PLN fell 0.10% to 3.3956.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.14% at 90.02.