Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Energy and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.71%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 2.51% or 123.00 points to trade at 5028.00 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 2.45% or 0.60 points to end at 25.10 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was up 2.41% or 0.80 points to 33.95 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which lost 3.62% or 2.61 points to trade at 69.50 in late trade. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) declined 3.24% or 0.94 points to end at 28.03 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) shed 2.78% or 0.35 points to 12.24.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 302 to 219 and 193 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was up 4.10% or 1.62 to $41.13 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 3.88% or 1.62 to hit $43.42 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.61% or 8.35 to trade at $1364.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.98% to 4.2829, while USD/PLN fell 0.29% to 3.8422.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.52% at 95.51.