Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Basic Materials and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.64% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1), which rose 9.07% or 33.40 points to trade at 401.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Energa SA (WA:ENGP) added 8.71% or 0.82 points to end at 10.23 and mBank SA (WA:MBK) was up 8.67% or 37.65 points to 471.85 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP), which fell 2.55% or 2.65 points to trade at 101.45 at the close. PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) declined 1.06% or 0.11 points to end at 10.29 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was down 0.90% or 1.60 points to 175.90.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 251 to 210 and 166 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.49% or 1.26 to $51.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.95% or 1.15 to hit $60.14 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.22% or 2.85 to trade at $1288.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.06% to 4.2943, while USD/PLN rose 0.74% to 3.7683.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 95.740.