Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.68%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 9.35% or 478.85 points to trade at 5600.00 at the close. Synthos SA (WA:SNS) added 8.10% or 0.340 points to end at 4.540 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 4.35% or 3.12 points to 74.81 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which lost 1.47% or 1.75 points to trade at 117.33 in late trade. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) declined 1.15% or 3.40 points to end at 291.60 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) shed 0.97% or 0.23 points to 23.57.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 294 to 251 and 182 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.84% or 1.78 to $48.14 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 3.91% or 1.83 to hit $48.69 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.28% or 3.35 to trade at $1212.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.11% to 4.4320, while USD/PLN fell 0.31% to 4.1790.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.27% at 101.14.