Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.40%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 4.06% or 1.66 points to trade at 42.54 at the close. Energa SA (WA:ENGP) added 3.14% or 0.39 points to end at 12.82 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was up 1.86% or 0.24 points to 13.14 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Boryszew SA (WA:BORY), which lost 3.48% or 0.18 points to trade at 4.99 in late trade. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 1.75% or 0.99 points to end at 55.50 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) shed 1.75% or 1.19 points to 66.79.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 272 to 232 and 181 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.26% or 0.11 to $41.41 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.55% or 0.23 to hit $41.77 a barrel, while the April Gold contract rose 0.30% or 3.70 to trade at $1247.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.06% to 4.2570, while USD/PLN rose 0.25% to 3.7974.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.30% at 95.69.