Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 1.68%

Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Basic Materials, Construction and Banking sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 1.68%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU), which rose 5.80% or 2.27 points to trade at 41.42 at the close. Meanwhile, Dino Polska SA (WA:DNP) added 3.86% or 11.70 points to end at 315.00 and mBank SA (WA:MBK) was up 3.53% or 22.40 points to 656.80 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Grupa KĘTY SA (WA:KTY), which fell 1.12% or 9.00 points to trade at 795.00 at the close. Enea SA (WA:ENAE) declined 1.11% or 0.12 points to end at 10.68 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) was down 1.06% or 0.95 points to 88.45.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 256 to 239 and 110 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.48% or 1.02 to $70.04 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.22% or 0.89 to hit $73.64 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.68% or 17.70 to trade at $2,591.20 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.04% to 4.27, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.09% to 3.84.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.17% at 100.61.