Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Telecoms and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.58%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 11.36% or 510.00 points to trade at 5000.00 at the close. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 6.76% or 1.65 points to end at 26.05 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was up 6.07% or 3.25 points to 56.75 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR), which lost 2.58% or 1.05 points to trade at 39.65 in late trade. Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) declined 2.35% or 0.060 points to end at 2.490 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) shed 2.25% or 0.56 points to 24.32.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 282 to 254 and 180 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.25% or 0.12 to $48.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 0.55% or 0.28 to hit $51.17 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 2.60% or 34.15 to trade at $1278.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.20% to 4.3050, while USD/PLN rose 0.44% to 3.8487.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.50% at 96.13.