Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Banking and Information Technology sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.16%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 1.98% or 1.28 points to trade at 65.78 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) added 1.43% or 0.07 points to end at 4.95 and mBank (WA:MBK) was up 1.19% or 5.35 points to 455.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which lost 8.06% or 10.55 points to trade at 120.41 in late trade. Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) declined 3.42% or 1.22 points to end at 34.48 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) shed 3.00% or 3.28 points to 106.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 282 to 189 and 193 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.45% or 1.09 to $43.34 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.15% or 1.01 to hit $45.90 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.25 to trade at $1245.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.65% to 4.2464, while USD/PLN rose 0.92% to 3.8189.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.29% at 97.51.