Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Information Technology, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.28%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which rose 2.75% or 1.55 points to trade at 57.90 at the close. Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 1.21% or 1.00 points to end at 83.80 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) was up 1.13% or 0.060 points to 5.360 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which lost 3.63% or 2.65 points to trade at 70.32 in late trade. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) declined 3.61% or 2.02 points to end at 53.86 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) shed 3.01% or 0.73 points to 23.50.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 355 to 215 and 161 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 1.21% or 0.59 to $48.32 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.97% or 0.50 to hit $51.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.90% or 11.15 to trade at $1245.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.33% to 4.2776, while USD/PLN fell 0.30% to 3.9554.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.67% at 99.49.