Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Chemicals and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.64%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1), which rose 7.13% or 32.00 points to trade at 480.80 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) added 5.16% or 0.41 points to end at 8.26 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 4.50% or 3.94 points to 91.46 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Grupa KĘTY SA (WA:KTY), which fell 1.58% or 11.00 points to trade at 684.00 at the close. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 1.06% or 0.57 points to end at 52.96 and Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT) was down 0.61% or 15.00 points to 2,425.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 247 to 245 and 105 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.31% or 0.21 to $67.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.44% or 0.31 to hit $70.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.77% or 21.15 to trade at $2,777.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.15% to 4.34, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.03% to 4.02.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.15% at 104.34.