Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Basic Materials and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.76%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were 11BIT (WA:11B), which rose 5.89% or 10.40 points to trade at 187.00 at the close. Meanwhile, X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB) added 5.05% or 3.66 points to end at 76.16 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 3.21% or 2.78 points to 89.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Text SA (WA:TXTP), which fell 19.12% or 13.50 points to trade at 57.10 at the close. Rainbow Tours SA (WA:RBW) declined 4.05% or 5.40 points to end at 127.80 and CCC SA (WA:CCCP) was down 2.05% or 3.90 points to 186.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 300 to 243 and 86 ended unchanged.
Shares in X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB) rose to all time highs; gaining 5.05% or 3.66 to 76.16.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.53% or 0.39 to $73.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.59% or 0.45 to hit $76.75 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.75% or 19.94 to trade at $2,667.34 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.26% to 4.26, while USD/PLN rose 0.40% to 4.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 108.22.