Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Energy and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.79%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 6.42% or 0.240 points to trade at 3.980 at the close. Meanwhile, Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) added 4.08% or 0.37 points to end at 9.44 and Synthos SA (WA:SNS) was up 3.05% or 0.130 points to 4.390 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which fell 1.47% or 0.39 points to trade at 26.10 at the close. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 0.92% or 3.10 points to end at 335.20 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) was down 0.71% or 0.04 points to 5.62.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 253 to 243 and 187 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) rose to 52-week highs; up 6.42% or 0.240 to 3.980.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 1.77% or 0.86 to $47.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.84% or 0.97 to hit $51.75 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.34% or 4.33 to trade at $1295.93 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.12% to 4.2796, while USD/PLN fell 0.32% to 3.6221.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.36% at 93.02.