Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Energy, Basic Materials and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.14%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE), which rose 7.19% or 0.230 points to trade at 3.430 at the close. Meanwhile, Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) added 5.38% or 0.35 points to end at 6.85 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) was up 4.99% or 11.40 points to 239.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which fell 1.92% or 4.40 points to trade at 225.00 at the close. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) declined 1.21% or 0.90 points to end at 73.20 and Gornictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo SA (WA:PGN) was down 1.16% or 0.07 points to 5.99.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 289 to 237 and 204 ended unchanged.
Shares in Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 7.19% or 0.230 to 3.430.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 1.89% or 0.90 to $48.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 1.73% or 0.88 to hit $51.78 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.45 to trade at $1254.25 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.29% to 4.2334, while USD/PLN fell 0.16% to 3.9017.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 99.15.