Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 1.30%

Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 1.30%

Dec 18, 2018

Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Telecoms and Energy sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.30%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which rose 5.93% or 11.30 points to trade at 201.80 at the close. Meanwhile, LPP SA (WA:LPPP) added 4.33% or 330.00 points to end at 7950.00 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was up 4.19% or 4.48 points to 111.33 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which fell 3.64% or 1.80 points to trade at 47.70 at the close. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 2.77% or 4.75 points to end at 166.60 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was down 1.93% or 0.62 points to 31.50.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 279 to 208 and 162 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for February delivery was down 4.86% or 2.44 to $47.76 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 3.67% or 2.19 to hit $57.42 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.02% or 0.30 to trade at $1252.10 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was up 0.06% to 4.2859, while USD/PLN fell 0.10% to 3.7711.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 96.500.

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