Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Oil&Gas and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.79%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 4.06% or 3.36 points to trade at 86.09 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) added 3.87% or 4.46 points to end at 119.66 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 3.48% or 2.40 points to 71.45 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP), which fell 1.79% or 0.80 points to trade at 44.00 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 1.05% or 0.25 points to end at 23.45 and Energa SA (WA:ENGP) was down 0.75% or 0.07 points to 9.23.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 238 to 194 and 179 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.31% or 0.20 to $64.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.80% or 0.60 to hit $74.69 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.29% or 3.70 to trade at $1301.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.15% to 4.2802, while USD/PLN rose 0.06% to 3.6553.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 93.92.
