Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 8.66% or 1.12 points to trade at 14.06 at the close. LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 2.23% or 123.00 points to end at 5643.00 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was up 1.55% or 0.36 points to 23.62 in late trade.
Biggest losers included PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which lost 2.31% or 0.61 points to trade at 25.77 in late trade. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 1.02% or 0.72 points to end at 70.02 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) shed 1.01% or 0.05 points to 4.89.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 289 to 226 and 172 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 3.00% or 1.21 to $41.57 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 3.32% or 1.42 to hit $44.25 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.16% or 2.00 to trade at $1256.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.38% to 4.2936, while USD/PLN rose 0.56% to 3.7705.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.11% at 94.07.