Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food, Basic Materials and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP), which rose 4.73% or 8.00 points to trade at 177.00 at the close. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) added 2.50% or 8.40 points to end at 344.50 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was up 2.33% or 1.82 points to 79.82 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which lost 2.66% or 139.30 points to trade at 5099.95 in late trade. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 2.59% or 1.83 points to end at 68.71 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) shed 1.73% or 0.15 points to 8.50.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 285 to 268 and 182 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.48% or 0.78 to $53.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.66% or 0.92 to hit $56.24 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.46% or 17.45 to trade at $1213.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.25% to 4.3232, while USD/PLN fell 1.15% to 4.0071.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.84% at 99.58.