Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 1.89%

Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Energy, Oil&Gas and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 1.89% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which rose 8.32% or 0.56 points to trade at 7.34 at the close. Meanwhile, Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) added 5.77% or 0.21 points to end at 3.76 and Enea SA (WA:ENAE) was up 4.34% or 0.46 points to 11.05 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Text SA (WA:TXTP), which fell 1.67% or 1.30 points to trade at 76.60 at the close. CD PROJEKT SA (WA:CDR) declined 0.93% or 1.70 points to end at 181.40 and Allegro (WA:ALEP) was down 0.50% or 0.19 points to 37.88.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 264 to 245 and 111 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was up 0.19% or 0.14 to $73.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 0.01% or 0.01 to hit $76.92 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 5.65 to trade at $2,533.25 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was down 0.18% to 4.27, while USD/PLN fell 0.37% to 3.86.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.01% at 101.61.