Investing.com – Poland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the WIG Basic Materials, WIG Chemicals and WIG Banks sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 fell 1.52% to hit a new 1-month low.
The biggest gainers of the session on the WIG30 were Allegro (WA:ALEP), which rose 0.85% or 0.30 points to trade at 35.42 at the close. Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA (WA:PZU) unchanged 0.00% or 0.00 points to end at 49.06 and CD PROJEKT SA (WA:CDR) was down 0.13% or 0.20 points to 157.30 in late trade.
Biggest losers included CCC SA (WA:CCCP), which fell 4.68% or 5.80 points to trade at 118.10 in late trade. Bank Millennium SA (WA:MILP) declined 4.66% or 0.45 points to end at 9.21 and Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP) down 4.58% or 0.90 points to 18.73.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones by 326 to 188 and 100 ended unchanged on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 2.30% or 1.80 to $76.60 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.00% or 1.65 to hit $80.75 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.51% or 12.30 to trade at $2,407.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/PLN was unchanged 0.04% to 4.28, while USD/PLN rose 0.34% to 3.94.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 104.16.