Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Banking and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 1.62% or 0.050 points to trade at 3.130 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 1.43% or 1.42 points to end at 101.00 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) was up 1.31% or 0.08 points to 6.17 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which lost 2.26% or 3.13 points to trade at 135.53 in late trade. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 2.01% or 4.60 points to end at 224.00 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) shed 1.82% or 0.86 points to 46.42.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 248 to 240 and 195 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.13% or 0.75 to $65.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.54% or 1.08 to hit $69.07 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.02% or 13.80 to trade at $1338.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.27% to 4.1443, while USD/PLN rose 0.93% to 3.3558.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 89.37.