Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Chemicals and Food sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.33%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH), which rose 4.12% or 5.02 points to trade at 126.85 at the close. mBank (WA:MBK) added 2.30% or 10.45 points to end at 464.85 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) was up 2.25% or 0.110 points to 5.000 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which lost 2.77% or 0.100 points to trade at 3.510 in late trade. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) declined 1.43% or 1.85 points to end at 127.97 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) shed 1.11% or 0.79 points to 70.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 268 to 229 and 165 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 0.76% or 0.39 to $51.84 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.00% or 0.57 to hit $57.74 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.88 to trade at $1305.48 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.36% to 4.2313, while USD/PLN fell 0.26% to 3.5834.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 93.00.