Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Basic Materials and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which rose 2.92% or 0.18 points to trade at 6.35 at the close. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) added 2.18% or 2.23 points to end at 104.43 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 1.99% or 0.85 points to 43.53 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP), which lost 2.89% or 0.27 points to trade at 9.08 in late trade. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 2.18% or 1.40 points to end at 62.70 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) shed 1.99% or 5.40 points to 265.80.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 292 to 194 and 182 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.45% or 0.86 to $60.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.04% or 0.65 to hit $63.44 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.93% or 12.20 to trade at $1327.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.23% to 4.1688, while USD/PLN fell 0.44% to 3.3972.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.08% at 90.15.