Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Chemicals and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.69%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 3.17% or 6.60 points to trade at 215.00 at the close. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) added 2.25% or 2.35 points to end at 106.78 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was up 2.25% or 2.40 points to 109.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which lost 3.41% or 0.31 points to trade at 8.77 in late trade. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 2.10% or 1.00 points to end at 46.60 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) shed 1.40% or 0.62 points to 43.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 258 to 224 and 185 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.52% or 0.31 to $58.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.29% or 0.18 to hit $62.41 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.32% or 4.30 to trade at $1330.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.02% to 4.1675, while USD/PLN fell 0.58% to 3.3714.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.52% at 89.54.