Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Media and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.85%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 4.85% or 1.74 points to trade at 37.64 at the close. Meanwhile, KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) added 3.80% or 3.17 points to end at 86.64 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was up 3.40% or 295.00 points to 8975.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which fell 0.32% or 0.31 points to trade at 97.30 at the close. OrangePL (WA:OPL) declined 0.21% or 0.01 points to end at 4.81 and Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) was down 0.20% or 0.20 points to 98.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 219 to 216 and 202 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.02% or 0.67 to $66.09 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October rose 0.61% or 0.44 to hit $72.65 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.50 to trade at $1196.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.47% to 4.2879, while USD/PLN fell 0.90% to 3.7183.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 95.42.