Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Basic Materials and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.18% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA (WA:BHW), which rose 2.67% or 2.17 points to trade at 83.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) added 2.41% or 7.20 points to end at 306.20 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was up 2.04% or 3.21 points to 160.43 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS), which fell 2.48% or 0.58 points to trade at 22.77 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 2.40% or 1.67 points to end at 67.82 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was down 1.54% or 0.99 points to 63.11.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 262 to 236 and 184 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for April delivery was down 3.69% or 1.42 to $37.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 2.40% or 0.97 to hit $39.42 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 1.20% or 15.10 to trade at $1244.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.43% to 4.2759, while USD/PLN fell 0.01% to 3.8498.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.33% at 96.54.