Poland shares higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 1.68%

Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Construction and Banking sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.68%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which rose 5.80% or 2.27 points to trade at 41.42 at the close. Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) added 3.86% or 11.70 points to end at 315.00 and mBank (WA:MBK) was up 3.53% or 22.40 points to 656.80 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Grupa KĘTY SA (WA:KTY), which lost 1.12% or 9.00 points to trade at 795.00 in late trade. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 1.11% or 0.12 points to end at 10.68 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) shed 1.06% or 0.95 points to 88.45.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 256 to 239 and 110 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.54% or 1.06 to $70.08 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.26% or 0.92 to hit $73.67 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 17.70 to trade at $2,591.20 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.05% to 4.27, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.08% to 3.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 100.61.