Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media, Energy and Basic Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP), which rose 4.78% or 2.00 points to trade at 43.85 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) added 3.93% or 14.20 points to end at 375.80 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 3.48% or 2.45 points to 72.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which fell 5.47% or 14.00 points to trade at 242.00 at the close. Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) declined 3.23% or 0.30 points to end at 9.00 and ING Bank Śląski SA (WA:INGP) was down 2.44% or 5.00 points to 200.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 238 to 220 and 177 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.92% or 1.85 to $65.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.93% or 2.01 to hit $70.66 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1342.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.16% to 4.1871, while USD/PLN fell 0.30% to 3.3937.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.13% at 89.41.