Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Food and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.29%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Synthos SA (WA:SNS), which rose 2.28% or 0.130 points to trade at 5.820 at the close. Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) added 2.12% or 0.96 points to end at 46.20 and Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) was up 1.94% or 1.50 points to 79.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which lost 1.68% or 0.050 points to trade at 2.920 in late trade. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 1.38% or 0.15 points to end at 10.70 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) shed 1.22% or 1.75 points to 141.68.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 309 to 282 and 166 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.37% or 0.20 to $53.98 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.56% or 0.31 to hit $56.12 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1239.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.43% to 4.3151, while USD/PLN fell 0.50% to 4.0639.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 100.86.