Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food, Chemicals and Media sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.79% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 5.89% or 3.71 points to trade at 66.71 at the close. Synthos SA (WA:SNS) added 3.56% or 0.170 points to end at 4.940 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was up 3.52% or 2.25 points to 66.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Eurocash SA (WA:EUR), which lost 2.43% or 1.00 points to trade at 40.20 in late trade. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) declined 1.53% or 2.00 points to end at 129.03 and Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) shed 1.52% or 1.00 points to 64.99.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 293 to 255 and 179 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.98% or 1.61 to $52.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.94% or 1.68 to hit $55.42 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.76% or 8.95 to trade at $1182.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.46% to 4.3773, while USD/PLN rose 0.14% to 4.1410.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.21% at 101.96.