Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Banking and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.08% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP), which rose 3.31% or 0.15 points to trade at 4.68 at the close. Meanwhile, Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) added 3.10% or 0.91 points to end at 30.24 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was up 2.93% or 0.65 points to 22.80 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which fell 2.75% or 1.47 points to trade at 52.03 at the close. Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) declined 2.03% or 1.25 points to end at 60.23 and PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE) was down 1.45% or 0.19 points to 12.87.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 250 to 222 and 213 ended unchanged.
Shares in Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) rose to 52-week highs; rising 2.93% or 0.65 to 22.80.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.44% or 1.08 to $43.11 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 2.17% or 1.00 to hit $45.09 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.29% or 3.80 to trade at $1327.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.14% to 4.3583, while USD/PLN fell 0.17% to 3.9693.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 97.40.