Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Food sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 rose 1.68%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were LPP SA (WA:LPPP), which rose 9.35% or 478.85 points to trade at 5600.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Synthos SA (WA:SNS) added 8.10% or 0.340 points to end at 4.540 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 4.35% or 3.12 points to 74.81 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which fell 1.47% or 1.75 points to trade at 117.33 at the close. Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) declined 1.15% or 3.40 points to end at 291.60 and Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) was down 0.97% or 0.23 points to 23.57.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 294 to 251 and 182 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 3.88% or 1.80 to $48.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January rose 3.93% or 1.84 to hit $48.70 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.29% or 3.45 to trade at $1212.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.11% to 4.4321, while USD/PLN fell 0.32% to 4.1788.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.28% at 101.13.