Investing.com – Poland stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Basic Materials, Banking and Information Technology sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 lost 1.16%.
The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Kernel Holding SA (WA:KER), which rose 1.98% or 1.28 points to trade at 65.78 at the close. Meanwhile, OrangePL (WA:OPL) added 1.43% or 0.07 points to end at 4.95 and mBank SA (WA:MBK) was up 1.19% or 5.35 points to 455.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which fell 8.06% or 10.55 points to trade at 120.41 at the close. Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA (WA:PKO) declined 3.42% or 1.22 points to end at 34.48 and KGHM Polska Miedz SA (WA:KGH) was down 3.00% or 3.28 points to 106.10.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 282 to 189 and 193 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 2.45% or 1.09 to $43.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.17% or 1.02 to hit $45.89 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.10% or 1.24 to trade at $1245.46 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.66% to 4.2467, while USD/PLN rose 0.92% to 3.8190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.28% at 97.50.