Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.41%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP), which rose 0.93% or 0.08 points to trade at 8.65 at the close. ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 0.90% or 1.50 points to end at 169.00 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) was up 0.84% or 0.050 points to 6.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 3.32% or 2.30 points to trade at 67.00 in late trade. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) declined 2.90% or 10.05 points to end at 336.10 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) shed 2.49% or 1.99 points to 78.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 298 to 242 and 154 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.92% or 0.49 to $52.68 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.50% or 0.28 to hit $55.42 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 6.05 to trade at $1197.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.00% to 4.3335, while USD/PLN rose 0.16% to 4.0578.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.53.