Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.38%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which rose 7.28% or 4.00 points to trade at 58.96 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) added 5.06% or 4.78 points to end at 99.22 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was up 3.85% or 5.00 points to 134.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Energa SA (WA:ENGP), which lost 4.69% or 0.53 points to trade at 10.78 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 3.50% or 3.46 points to end at 95.30 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) shed 3.10% or 0.34 points to 10.62.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 252 to 236 and 177 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.56% or 1.00 to $62.91 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.26% or 0.85 to hit $66.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 1.31% or 17.50 to trade at $1315.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.01% to 4.1684, while USD/PLN rose 0.72% to 3.4089.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.66% at 90.36.