Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.60%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which rose 4.91% or 0.34 points to trade at 7.26 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 4.79% or 1.52 points to end at 33.28 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 4.29% or 335.00 points to 8140.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which lost 1.59% or 0.36 points to trade at 22.28 in late trade. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 1.15% or 0.06 points to end at 5.14 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) shed 0.90% or 0.40 points to 43.97.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 297 to 181 and 168 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.44% or 1.17 to $49.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.84% or 1.05 to hit $58.11 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.35 to trade at $1289.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.09% to 4.2950, while USD/PLN fell 0.52% to 3.7464.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 95.308.