Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Construction and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.35% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN), which rose 4.61% or 5.20 points to trade at 118.03 at the close. Meanwhile, Grupa Lotos SA (WA:LTSP) added 4.19% or 2.17 points to end at 54.00 and Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) was up 4.04% or 0.25 points to 6.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which fell 3.63% or 249.60 points to trade at 6620.40 at the close. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) declined 2.52% or 0.60 points to end at 23.25 and OrangePL (WA:OPL) was down 0.67% or 0.03 points to 4.43.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 287 to 258 and 167 ended unchanged.
Shares in Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) rose to all time highs; rising 4.61% or 5.20 to 118.03. Shares in OrangePL (WA:OPL) fell to all time lows; falling 0.67% or 0.03 to 4.43.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.79% or 0.39 to $49.23 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.63% or 0.33 to hit $52.11 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 1.03% or 13.22 to trade at $1275.88 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.54% to 4.2397, while USD/PLN fell 1.69% to 3.9083.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.60% at 99.06.