Poland shares lower at close of trade; WIG30 down 0.34%

Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Media, Banking and Chemicals sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.34%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 2.08% or 1.16 points to trade at 57.03 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) added 1.80% or 0.17 points to end at 9.63 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was up 1.69% or 2.70 points to 162.05 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which lost 3.40% or 0.29 points to trade at 8.23 in late trade. Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) declined 2.48% or 8.70 points to end at 342.00 and Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT) shed 2.09% or 55.00 points to 2,580.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 312 to 190 and 92 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 4.56% or 3.11 to $71.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 4.21% or 3.02 to hit $74.72 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.96% or 25.50 to trade at $2,684.90 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was up 0.16% to 4.29, while USD/PLN rose 0.78% to 3.87.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.48% at 101.01.