Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Energy and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.96% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were OrangePL (WA:OPL), which rose 4.07% or 0.18 points to trade at 4.60 at the close. Meanwhile, ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) added 3.35% or 6.00 points to end at 185.00 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 2.77% or 1.07 points to 39.74 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which fell 1.93% or 0.46 points to trade at 23.32 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 1.62% or 0.70 points to end at 42.50 and mBank SA (WA:MBK) was down 1.40% or 5.60 points to 394.40.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 222 to 200 and 196 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.72% or 0.49 to $67.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.49% or 0.36 to hit $72.71 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.53% or 6.50 to trade at $1224.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.13% to 4.3249, while USD/PLN rose 0.30% to 3.6959.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.11% at 94.35.