Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Banking and Information Technology sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 2.37%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which rose 11.89% or 8.99 points to trade at 84.60 at the close. Meanwhile, mBank SA (WA:MBK) added 5.50% or 22.90 points to end at 439.40 and Bank Zachodni WBK SA (WA:BZW) was up 4.40% or 14.15 points to 336.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP), which fell 2.02% or 1.15 points to trade at 55.75 at the close. Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR) declined 1.55% or 1.42 points to end at 90.00 and Globe Trade Centre SA (WA:GTCP) was down 0.79% or 0.05 points to 6.30.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 287 to 270 and 99 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA (WA:LWBP) fell to all time lows; down 2.02% or 1.15 to 55.75.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 0.57% or 0.34 to $59.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 0.67% or 0.42 to hit $62.59 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 1.47% or 17.70 to trade at $1184.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was down 0.22% to 4.1705, while USD/PLN fell 0.35% to 3.6690.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.04% at 94.35.