Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Telecoms and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 3.01% or 10.30 points to trade at 352.60 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 2.82% or 13.05 points to end at 475.15 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was up 2.67% or 6.00 points to 231.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which lost 1.84% or 2.08 points to trade at 110.78 in late trade. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) declined 1.18% or 84.35 points to end at 7065.65 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) shed 1.03% or 0.10 points to 9.60.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 246 to 236 and 195 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.52% or 0.70 to $46.74 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.33% or 0.65 to hit $49.42 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.49% or 18.54 to trade at $1223.76 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.38% to 4.2485, while USD/PLN rose 0.96% to 3.7369.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 95.90.