Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Banking and Basic Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.16%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 5.49% or 3.46 points to trade at 66.46 at the close. Meanwhile, Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) added 3.36% or 3.40 points to end at 104.56 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 3.11% or 1.90 points to 63.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which fell 6.04% or 2.57 points to trade at 39.99 at the close. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) declined 4.97% or 0.44 points to end at 8.41 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was down 3.33% or 1.50 points to 43.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 263 to 186 and 177 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.61% or 1.76 to $69.30 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.99% or 1.54 to hit $78.91 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.80 to trade at $1200.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.16% to 4.3073, while USD/PLN fell 0.09% to 3.7180.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 95.23.