Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the WIG Food, WIG Basic Materials and WIG IT sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.80% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW), which rose 7.41% or 1.80 points to trade at 26.10 at the close. 11BIT (WA:11B) added 4.32% or 9.50 points to end at 229.50 and Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP) was up 2.73% or 0.47 points to 17.67 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Text SA (WA:TXTP), which fell 1.38% or 0.80 points to trade at 57.30 in late trade. Orange Polska SA (WA:OPL) declined 0.88% or 0.07 points to end at 8.34 and Tauron Polska Energia SA (WA:TPE) down 0.80% or 0.04 points to 4.36.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 279 to 263 and 108 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.58% or 0.41 to $71.12 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.45% or 0.34 to hit $75.08 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.33% or 9.45 to trade at $2,910.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.05% to 4.16, while USD/PLN unchanged 0.07% to 3.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.08% at 106.66.