Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Banking and Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.19%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 7.81% or 1.30 points to trade at 17.95 at the close. Meanwhile, Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) added 5.67% or 1.93 points to end at 35.98 and Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO) was up 5.34% or 7.13 points to 140.66 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which fell 9.31% or 1.22 points to trade at 11.89 at the close. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 3.35% or 0.35 points to end at 10.10 and PKP Cargo (WA:PKPP) was down 1.93% or 0.64 points to 32.57.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 308 to 185 and 169 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 1.79% or 0.83 to $47.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 1.61% or 0.77 to hit $48.54 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.50% or 6.65 to trade at $1318.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.83% to 4.4263, while USD/PLN fell 1.09% to 4.0055.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.17% at 96.39.