Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.65% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 6.10% or 0.50 points to trade at 8.70 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) added 4.65% or 3.15 points to end at 70.90 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 4.52% or 15.00 points to 347.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP), which lost 2.18% or 2.30 points to trade at 103.10 in late trade. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) declined 1.46% or 0.34 points to end at 22.98 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) shed 1.40% or 0.030 points to 2.120.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 219 to 217 and 188 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.47% or 1.00 to $68.89 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.07% or 0.78 to hit $73.84 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1224.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.63% to 4.2985, while USD/PLN fell 0.57% to 3.6789.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.39.