Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Oil & Gas and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.48% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 4.02% or 0.28 points to trade at 7.25 at the close. Meanwhile, mBank SA (WA:MBK) added 3.48% or 14.75 points to end at 438.95 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 2.69% or 9.45 points to 361.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which fell 4.43% or 2.28 points to trade at 49.22 at the close. Synthos SA (WA:SNS) declined 3.19% or 0.160 points to end at 4.850 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was down 2.08% or 1.59 points to 74.76.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 270 to 205 and 179 ended unchanged.
Shares in Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.43% or 2.28 to 49.22.
Crude oil for November delivery was up 2.88% or 1.43 to $51.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in December rose 1.90% or 1.06 to hit $56.85 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.65% or 8.34 to trade at $1293.34 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.28% to 4.2873, while USD/PLN fell 0.78% to 3.6338.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.50% at 93.08.