Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Media and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.70%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 4.88% or 4.65 points to trade at 99.90 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 4.02% or 11.25 points to end at 291.25 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) was up 2.89% or 0.27 points to 9.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which lost 3.00% or 2.36 points to trade at 76.35 in late trade. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 2.06% or 6.10 points to end at 289.90 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) shed 1.58% or 0.93 points to 58.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 267 to 226 and 172 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.77% or 0.38 to $49.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.52% or 0.29 to hit $55.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.79% or 10.10 to trade at $1285.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.19% to 4.3034, while USD/PLN fell 0.31% to 3.6631.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.12% at 93.51.