Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Food, Construction and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.95%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which rose 6.93% or 0.70 points to trade at 10.80 at the close. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 5.16% or 2.17 points to end at 44.21 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was up 4.57% or 5.00 points to 114.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which lost 4.33% or 10.00 points to trade at 221.00 in late trade. Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) declined 2.88% or 1.23 points to end at 41.43 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) shed 2.23% or 2.36 points to 103.67.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 249 to 245 and 176 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.53% or 0.95 to $61.09 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 1.22% or 0.80 to hit $64.69 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.32% or 4.20 to trade at $1319.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.27% to 4.2051, while USD/PLN rose 0.07% to 3.4103.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.20% at 89.93.