Poland shares lower at close of trade; WIG30 down 0.07%

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

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.07% to hit a new 6-month low.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT), which rose 5.31% or 130.00 points to trade at 2,580.00 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 3.70% or 0.72 points to end at 20.18 and Grupa KĘTY SA (WA:KTY) was up 2.15% or 15.50 points to 735.00 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which lost 4.44% or 0.40 points to trade at 8.60 in late trade. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) declined 2.62% or 3.75 points to end at 139.50 and Allegro (WA:ALEP) shed 1.78% or 0.52 points to 28.63.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 317 to 205 and 94 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.11% or 2.08 to $69.00 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 2.96% or 2.10 to hit $73.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 1.73% or 44.50 to trade at $2,614.60 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.00% to 4.31, while USD/PLN fell 0.33% to 4.08.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.21% at 106.39.