Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the WIG Media, WIG Construction and WIG IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were X Trade Brokers Dom Maklerski SA (WA:XTB), which rose 3.08% or 2.08 points to trade at 69.54 at the close. Text SA (WA:TXTP) added 2.50% or 1.60 points to end at 65.70 and BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP) was up 2.25% or 10.40 points to 473.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which fell 2.79% or 0.58 points to trade at 20.20 in late trade. Orange Polska SA (WA:OPL) declined 1.86% or 0.14 points to end at 7.29 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) down 0.91% or 3.80 points to 415.60.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 342 to 248 and 72 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Shares in Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW) fell to 3-year lows; losing 2.79% or 0.58 to 20.20. Shares in Orange Polska SA (WA:OPL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 1.86% or 0.14 to 7.29.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.02% or 0.71 to $68.75 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 1.07% or 0.78 to hit $71.78 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.57% or 14.96 to trade at $2,630.14 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was up 0.27% to 4.27, while USD/PLN rose 0.53% to 4.10.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.50% at 107.89.