Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Information Technology, Banking and Food sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.49%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which rose 6.18% or 2.38 points to trade at 40.88 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 5.05% or 0.62 points to end at 12.90 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) was up 2.90% or 0.20 points to 7.10 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP), which lost 3.73% or 2.21 points to trade at 56.99 in late trade. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) declined 3.47% or 10.20 points to end at 284.00 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) shed 2.85% or 1.03 points to 35.17.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 281 to 242 and 162 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.61% or 0.25 to $41.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.44% or 0.18 to hit $41.38 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.77% or 9.70 to trade at $1244.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.13% to 4.2592, while USD/PLN rose 0.18% to 3.7901.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.34% at 95.39.