Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.60%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN), which rose 4.91% or 0.34 points to trade at 7.26 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 4.79% or 1.52 points to end at 33.28 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 4.29% or 335.00 points to 8140.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which fell 1.59% or 0.36 points to trade at 22.28 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 1.15% or 0.06 points to end at 5.14 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was down 0.90% or 0.40 points to 43.97.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 297 to 181 and 168 ended unchanged.
Shares in Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) rose to all time highs; up 4.91% or 0.34 to 7.26.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.44% or 1.17 to $49.13 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.81% or 1.03 to hit $58.09 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.26% or 3.30 to trade at $1289.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.10% to 4.2953, while USD/PLN fell 0.52% to 3.7464.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.46% at 95.308.