Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.64% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1), which rose 9.07% or 33.40 points to trade at 401.80 at the close. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) added 8.71% or 0.82 points to end at 10.23 and mBank (WA:MBK) was up 8.67% or 37.65 points to 471.85 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP), which lost 2.55% or 2.65 points to trade at 101.45 in late trade. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 1.06% or 0.11 points to end at 10.29 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) shed 0.90% or 1.60 points to 175.90.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 251 to 210 and 166 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.44% or 1.23 to $51.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.95% or 1.15 to hit $60.14 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.23% or 2.95 to trade at $1288.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.06% to 4.2944, while USD/PLN rose 0.75% to 3.7684.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 95.745.