Poland shares lower at close of trade; WIG30 down 0.38%

Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Construction and Media sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 0.38%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB), which rose 2.49% or 1.54 points to trade at 63.50 at the close. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) added 2.16% or 0.18 points to end at 8.28 and Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 1.63% or 0.88 points to 55.02 in late trade.

Biggest losers included BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP), which lost 4.86% or 28.50 points to trade at 557.50 in late trade. KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) declined 4.15% or 6.70 points to end at 154.90 and Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT) shed 3.41% or 90.00 points to 2,550.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 325 to 195 and 96 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was down 4.36% or 3.36 to $73.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in December fell 4.25% or 3.44 to hit $77.49 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.46% or 38.80 to trade at $2,627.20 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was down 0.26% to 4.31, while USD/PLN fell 0.18% to 3.93.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.07% at 102.38.