Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Chemicals, Banking and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 0.51%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 4.72% or 0.120 points to trade at 2.660 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) added 4.20% or 3.01 points to end at 74.70 and PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) was up 2.39% or 0.58 points to 24.84 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were OrangePL (WA:OPL), which fell 5.26% or 0.29 points to trade at 5.22 at the close. Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) declined 4.90% or 7.25 points to end at 140.85 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was down 1.76% or 0.30 points to 16.70.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 265 to 230 and 184 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.86% or 0.93 to $49.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 1.86% or 0.94 to hit $49.71 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.51% or 19.45 to trade at $1272.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.17% to 4.3948, while USD/PLN rose 0.68% to 3.9033.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.36% at 94.02.