Poland shares higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 2.02%

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

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 2.02%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which rose 5.34% or 0.57 points to trade at 11.25 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) added 4.99% or 0.35 points to end at 7.40 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 4.87% or 7.30 points to 157.15 in late trade.

Biggest losers included CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which lost 2.25% or 3.50 points to trade at 152.10 in late trade. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) declined 0.75% or 0.65 points to end at 86.45 and Text SA (WA:TXTP) shed 0.70% or 0.50 points to 71.30.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 260 to 253 and 98 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.29% or 0.91 to $71.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.27% or 0.93 to hit $74.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.60% or 16.00 to trade at $2,668.50 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was down 0.19% to 4.26, while USD/PLN fell 0.54% to 3.82.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.24% at 100.32.