Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Banking and Media sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 1.18%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 0.91% or 0.95 points to trade at 105.78 at the close. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 0.83% or 0.31 points to end at 37.81 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 0.76% or 47.80 points to 6314.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP), which lost 5.65% or 3.08 points to trade at 51.40 in late trade. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 4.24% or 3.20 points to end at 72.30 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) shed 3.64% or 2.51 points to 66.40.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 350 to 184 and 173 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.28% or 0.15 to $52.93 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.50% or 0.28 to hit $55.70 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 1.58% or 19.85 to trade at $1273.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.37% to 4.2505, while USD/PLN rose 0.21% to 4.0048.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 100.61.