Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.65% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 6.10% or 0.50 points to trade at 8.70 at the close. Meanwhile, Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) added 4.65% or 3.15 points to end at 70.90 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 4.52% or 15.00 points to 347.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP), which fell 2.18% or 2.30 points to trade at 103.10 at the close. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) declined 1.46% or 0.34 points to end at 22.98 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) was down 1.40% or 0.030 points to 2.120.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 219 to 217 and 188 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for September delivery was up 1.46% or 0.99 to $68.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.05% or 0.77 to hit $73.83 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1224.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.64% to 4.2983, while USD/PLN fell 0.58% to 3.6787.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 94.39.