Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Media, Banking and Energy sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.52% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW), which rose 6.01% or 17.85 points to trade at 314.65 at the close. Meanwhile, mBank SA (WA:MBK) added 6.00% or 19.90 points to end at 351.40 and Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) was up 4.75% or 2.15 points to 47.44 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which fell 5.49% or 4.59 points to trade at 79.00 at the close. CD Projekt SA (WA:CDR) declined 1.99% or 1.07 points to end at 52.61 and LPP SA (WA:LPPP) was down 1.31% or 77.95 points to 5871.05.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 271 to 270 and 186 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.93% or 1.00 to $50.79 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.82% or 1.00 to hit $53.94 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.51% or 5.95 to trade at $1170.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.88% to 4.4592, while USD/PLN fell 0.31% to 4.1664.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.41% at 100.57.