Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Energy, Oil & Gas and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 1.11%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 1.79% or 4.00 points to trade at 228.00 at the close. Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) added 0.15% or 0.07 points to end at 45.89 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) was unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to 27.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which lost 3.41% or 7.50 points to trade at 212.50 in late trade. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) declined 2.90% or 0.36 points to end at 12.05 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) shed 2.62% or 0.30 points to 11.14.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 295 to 182 and 198 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.71% or 1.12 to $64.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.13% or 0.78 to hit $68.42 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.04% or 0.60 to trade at $1339.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.28% to 4.1577, while USD/PLN rose 0.14% to 3.3528.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.15% at 89.04.