Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Chemicals, Energy and Telecoms sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 0.40%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Kruk SA (WA:KRU), which rose 1.95% or 6.10 points to trade at 319.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) added 1.71% or 6.20 points to end at 368.70 and Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) was up 1.39% or 1.06 points to 77.38 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were mBank SA (WA:MBK), which fell 2.89% or 13.85 points to trade at 466.15 at the close. Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) declined 2.62% or 0.90 points to end at 33.50 and Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP) was down 1.93% or 1.28 points to 65.02.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 299 to 202 and 178 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.56% or 0.26 to $46.28 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.66% or 0.32 to hit $48.74 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.71% or 8.71 to trade at $1242.41 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.10% to 4.1980, while USD/PLN fell 0.97% to 3.6257.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.63% at 94.32.