Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.10%

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

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 0.10%.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WA:PGE), which rose 1.68% or 0.20 points to trade at 11.82 at the close. Meanwhile, Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP) added 1.37% or 0.30 points to end at 22.24 and Santander Bank Polska SA (WA:SPL1) was up 1.22% or 6.40 points to 529.40 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Grupa Azoty SA (WA:ATTP), which fell 2.16% or 0.41 points to trade at 18.57 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) declined 0.90% or 0.21 points to end at 23.22 and Text SA (WA:TXTP) was down 0.89% or 0.50 points to 55.85.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 294 to 220 and 109 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for October delivery was down 2.16% or 1.40 to $63.40 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November fell 1.98% or 1.35 to hit $66.87 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.38% or 12.85 to trade at $3,430.35 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.09% to 4.26, while USD/PLN fell 0.21% to 3.66.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.26% at 98.06.