Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Basic Materials and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.14%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 7.19% or 0.230 points to trade at 3.430 at the close. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) added 5.38% or 0.35 points to end at 6.85 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 4.99% or 11.40 points to 239.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which lost 1.92% or 4.40 points to trade at 225.00 in late trade. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) declined 1.21% or 0.90 points to end at 73.20 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) shed 1.16% or 0.07 points to 5.99.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 289 to 237 and 204 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.86% or 0.89 to $48.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.73% or 0.88 to hit $51.78 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.45 to trade at $1254.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.29% to 4.2334, while USD/PLN fell 0.16% to 3.9017.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 99.15.