Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Media and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.45%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 6.49% or 13.80 points to trade at 226.40 at the close. Meanwhile, Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 5.44% or 5.04 points to end at 97.64 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 3.54% or 305.00 points to 8930.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which fell 3.70% or 0.100 points to trade at 2.600 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 2.70% or 0.28 points to end at 10.10 and CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) was down 2.26% or 2.40 points to 103.60.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 259 to 207 and 187 ended unchanged.
Shares in PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) fell to 52-week lows; losing 2.70% or 0.28 to 10.10.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 0.43% or 0.27 to $62.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.05% or 0.03 to hit $65.51 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.25% or 16.50 to trade at $1336.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.11% to 4.1850, while USD/PLN fell 0.64% to 3.3744.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.39% at 89.61.