Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Construction and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.35% to hit a new 1-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 4.61% or 5.20 points to trade at 118.03 at the close. Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) added 4.19% or 2.17 points to end at 54.00 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 4.04% or 0.25 points to 6.44 in late trade.
Biggest losers included LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which lost 3.63% or 249.60 points to trade at 6620.40 in late trade. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) declined 2.52% or 0.60 points to end at 23.25 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) shed 0.67% or 0.03 points to 4.43.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 287 to 258 and 167 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.79% or 0.39 to $49.23 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.65% or 0.34 to hit $52.10 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.03% or 13.22 to trade at $1275.88 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.54% to 4.2398, while USD/PLN fell 1.70% to 3.9082.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 99.06.