Poland stocks higher at close of trade; WIG30 up 0.04%

Investing.com – Poland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Food , Banking and Oil & Gas sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Warsaw, the WIG30 added 0.04% to hit a new 1-month high.

The best performers of the session on the WIG30 were Pepco Group Nv (WA:PCOP ), which rose 10.74% or 1.70 points to trade at 17.48 at the close. Meanwhile, Text SA (WA:TXTP ) added 5.56% or 3.70 points to end at 70.20 and Allegro (WA:ALEP ) was up 1.52% or 0.46 points to 30.30 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Cyfrowy Polsat SA (WA:CPS ), which fell 2.58% or 0.39 points to trade at 14.70 at the close. Jastrzebska Spotka Weglowa SA (WA:JSW ) declined 2.22% or 0.55 points to end at 24.25 and Asseco Poland SA (WA:ACPP ) was down 2.06% or 1.95 points to 92.55.

Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Warsaw Stock Exchange by 323 to 207 and 98 ended unchanged.

Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.89% or 0.61 to $68.98 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 0.72% or 0.52 to hit $72.66 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.06% or 28.51 to trade at $2,714.31 a troy ounce.

EUR/PLN was up 0.14% to 4.26, while USD/PLN rose 0.61% to 4.06.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.43% at 106.28.

Source: Investing.com