Investing.com – Poland equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the WIG Oil & Gas, WIG Banks and WIG Media sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 gained 2.55% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA (WA:PEO), which rose 5.32% or 9.20 points to trade at 182.20 at the close. Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) added 5.11% or 6.70 points to end at 137.70 and Polski Koncern Naftowy ORLEN SA (WA:PKN) was up 4.74% or 2.76 points to 61.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which fell 4.57% or 9.10 points to trade at 189.90 in late trade. 11BIT (WA:11B) declined 3.27% or 7.50 points to end at 222.00 and Kruk SA (WA:KRU) down 2.78% or 12.60 points to 441.20.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones by 292 to 254 and 98 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Shares in Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP) rose to all time highs; rising 5.11% or 6.70 to 137.70.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.32% or 0.93 to $71.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.60% or 0.45 to hit $75.67 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 1.66% or 48.29 to trade at $2,948.99 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.02% to 4.15, while USD/PLN rose 0.19% to 3.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.23% at 106.82.