Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil & Gas and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.29% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 3.97% or 3.45 points to trade at 90.45 at the close. Synthos SA (WA:SNS) added 3.74% or 0.160 points to end at 4.440 and mBank (WA:MBK) was up 2.37% or 10.30 points to 444.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which lost 1.31% or 0.68 points to trade at 51.22 in late trade. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) declined 1.04% or 0.89 points to end at 84.81 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) shed 0.83% or 0.08 points to 9.55.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 279 to 218 and 168 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.10% or 0.05 to $49.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 0.06% or 0.03 to hit $52.34 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.46 to trade at $1260.24 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.22% to 4.2612, while USD/PLN rose 0.78% to 3.6328.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.39% at 93.66.