Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Banking and Energy sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.51%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 4.72% or 0.120 points to trade at 2.660 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 4.20% or 3.01 points to end at 74.70 and PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 2.39% or 0.58 points to 24.84 in late trade.
Biggest losers included OrangePL (WA:OPL), which lost 5.26% or 0.29 points to trade at 5.22 in late trade. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) declined 4.90% or 7.25 points to end at 140.85 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) shed 1.76% or 0.30 points to 16.70.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 265 to 230 and 184 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.86% or 0.93 to $49.03 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.88% or 0.95 to hit $49.70 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.50% or 19.35 to trade at $1272.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.17% to 4.3948, while USD/PLN rose 0.68% to 3.9032.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 94.02.