Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Banking sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 3.53% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Synthos SA (WA:SNS), which unchanged 0.00% or 0.000 points to trade at 4.890 at the close. Meanwhile, OrangePL (WA:OPL) fell 0.68% or 0.04 points to end at 5.88 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was down 0.96% or 1.05 points to 107.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which fell 6.37% or 6.65 points to trade at 97.77 at the close. Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) declined 5.59% or 3.80 points to end at 64.20 and mBank SA (WA:MBK) was down 5.49% or 28.00 points to 482.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 494 to 87 and 124 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 0.42% or 0.27 to $63.88 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.71% or 0.48 to hit $67.14 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.34% or 4.60 to trade at $1331.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.01% to 4.1598, while USD/PLN fell 0.21% to 3.3563.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.17% at 89.42.