Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Construction and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.92% to hit a new 52-week low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 6.97% or 0.140 points to trade at 2.150 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) added 5.18% or 0.48 points to end at 9.74 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) was up 4.04% or 1.66 points to 42.70 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 3.71% or 3.16 points to trade at 82.06 in late trade. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 3.61% or 1.62 points to end at 43.30 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) shed 3.24% or 1.26 points to 37.67.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 266 to 173 and 196 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 2.68% or 1.82 to $66.06 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.72% or 0.54 to hit $74.78 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1303.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.36% to 4.3194, while USD/PLN rose 0.93% to 3.7370.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 94.70.