Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the WIG Food, WIG Construction and WIG Oil & Gas sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.34% to hit a new 3-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP), which rose 1.50% or 0.29 points to trade at 19.34 at the close. Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS) added 1.46% or 0.19 points to end at 12.88 and Allegro (WA:ALEP) was up 0.38% or 0.14 points to 35.88 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alior Bank SA (WA:ALRR), which fell 3.20% or 3.14 points to trade at 95.04 in late trade. BUDIMEX SA (WA:BDXP) declined 3.14% or 20.00 points to end at 616.50 and Eurocash SA (WA:EUR) down 2.96% or 0.36 points to 11.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 277 to 218 and 120 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.48% or 1.12 to $74.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.28% or 1.01 to hit $78.04 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.23% or 5.55 to trade at $2,431.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.02% to 4.29, while USD/PLN rose 0.13% to 3.97.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.09% at 104.41.