Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Chemicals and Construction sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.94%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which rose 4.64% or 1.95 points to trade at 43.99 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) added 4.54% or 0.26 points to end at 5.99 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was up 2.18% or 0.22 points to 10.32 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which lost 4.18% or 5.47 points to trade at 125.41 in late trade. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 4.13% or 0.97 points to end at 22.50 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) shed 3.81% or 0.39 points to 9.85.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 274 to 195 and 180 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was down 1.03% or 0.63 to $60.73 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.42% or 0.27 to hit $64.68 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.53% or 7.00 to trade at $1327.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.18% to 4.2118, while USD/PLN fell 0.32% to 3.3960.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.32% at 89.60.