Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Banking and Food sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 1.62% or 0.050 points to trade at 3.130 at the close. Meanwhile, Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) added 1.43% or 1.42 points to end at 101.00 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) was up 1.31% or 0.08 points to 6.17 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which fell 2.26% or 3.13 points to trade at 135.53 at the close. Kruk SA (WA:KRU) declined 2.01% or 4.60 points to end at 224.00 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was down 1.82% or 0.86 points to 46.42.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 248 to 240 and 195 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.13% or 0.75 to $65.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.54% or 1.08 to hit $69.07 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 1.01% or 13.70 to trade at $1338.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.27% to 4.1443, while USD/PLN rose 0.92% to 3.3556.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.56% at 89.37.