Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Banking, Basic Materials and Construction sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 declined 1.99%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Enea SA (WA:ENAE), which rose 2.85% or 0.29 points to trade at 10.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER) added 0.95% or 0.49 points to end at 52.00 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) was up 0.78% or 0.04 points to 5.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were PKO Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO), which fell 5.34% or 1.31 points to trade at 23.22 at the close. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) declined 3.96% or 10.85 points to end at 263.00 and Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) was down 3.87% or 1.14 points to 28.32.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 250 to 242 and 165 ended unchanged.
Shares in Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) fell to all time lows; losing 3.87% or 1.14 to 28.32.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.64% or 1.26 to $46.38 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.55% or 1.25 to hit $47.79 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.09% or 1.15 to trade at $1323.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.09% to 4.4516, while USD/PLN rose 0.74% to 4.0377.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.96% at 96.55.