Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Telecoms and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.30%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which rose 5.93% or 11.30 points to trade at 201.80 at the close. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 4.33% or 330.00 points to end at 7950.00 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was up 4.19% or 4.48 points to 111.33 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which lost 3.64% or 1.80 points to trade at 47.70 in late trade. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 2.77% or 4.75 points to end at 166.60 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) shed 1.93% or 0.62 points to 31.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 279 to 208 and 162 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 4.92% or 2.47 to $47.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 3.69% or 2.20 to hit $57.41 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1252.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.06% to 4.2859, while USD/PLN fell 0.09% to 3.7713.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 96.502.