Poland shares higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 1.64%

Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Banking, Chemicals and Information Technology sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.64%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1), which rose 7.13% or 32.00 points to trade at 480.80 at the close. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) added 5.16% or 0.41 points to end at 8.26 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 4.50% or 3.94 points to 91.46 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Grupa KĘTY SA (WA:KTY), which lost 1.58% or 11.00 points to trade at 684.00 in late trade. Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) declined 1.06% or 0.57 points to end at 52.96 and Benefit Systems SA (WA:BFT) shed 0.61% or 15.00 points to 2,425.00.

Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 247 to 245 and 105 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 0.33% or 0.22 to $67.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.44% or 0.31 to hit $70.69 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.76% or 20.85 to trade at $2,776.75 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was down 0.15% to 4.34, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.03% to 4.02.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.16% at 104.35.