Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Information Technology and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.59% to hit a new 6-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 3.43% or 1.95 points to trade at 58.75 at the close. Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) added 1.43% or 0.13 points to end at 9.24 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 0.83% or 0.07 points to 8.47 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which lost 8.87% or 4.30 points to trade at 44.20 in late trade. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 6.00% or 13.60 points to end at 213.00 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) shed 4.96% or 5.02 points to 96.09.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 286 to 177 and 199 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.48% or 0.30 to $62.11 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.23% or 0.15 to hit $66.06 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.41% or 5.40 to trade at $1317.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.04% to 4.2193, while USD/PLN fell 0.36% to 3.4195.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.41% at 89.43.