Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.41% to hit a new 52-week high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which rose 5.84% or 1.65 points to trade at 29.89 at the close. CCC SA (WA:CCCP) added 2.94% or 6.20 points to end at 217.20 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was up 2.83% or 3.62 points to 131.68 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 5.77% or 3.69 points to trade at 60.21 in late trade. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) declined 4.64% or 3.21 points to end at 65.94 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) shed 2.76% or 152.05 points to 5348.95.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 313 to 245 and 152 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.18% or 1.17 to $52.55 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.04% or 1.16 to hit $55.66 a barrel, while the February Gold contract rose 0.76% or 8.80 to trade at $1160.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.40% to 4.3947, while USD/PLN fell 0.01% to 4.2204.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.78% at 103.17.