Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Information Technology and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.73%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP), which rose 3.14% or 12.50 points to trade at 410.00 at the close. Meanwhile, mBank SA (WA:MBK) added 2.74% or 15.00 points to end at 563.00 and Text SA (WA:TXTP) was up 2.18% or 1.20 points to 56.30 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP), which fell 1.19% or 0.19 points to trade at 15.81 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 1.11% or 0.25 points to end at 22.20 and BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP) was down 0.99% or 4.60 points to 460.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 276 to 245 and 97 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.25% or 0.97 to $76.33 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.22% or 0.99 to hit $80.02 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.25% or 6.66 to trade at $2,685.26 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.02% to 4.27, while USD/PLN fell 0.44% to 4.15.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.55% at 109.21.